Air raids in central Syria kill 26 - activists

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds a weapon as he squats on the debris of a damaged building in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria, February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

AMMAN (Reuters) - Air raids on rebel-held towns across Syria killed 26 people on Monday, activists said, two days after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution demanding an end to indiscriminate shelling and aerial attacks.

Syria's almost three-year-old conflict has raged on despite peace talks that began in Geneva last month and the passage of the U.N. resolution, a rare moment of unity between the West and Russia, President Bashar al-Assad's strongest backer.