Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Two people were killed Tuesday as Syrian government forces attacked rebel-held Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus, where a five-hour daily truce was supposed to allow for evacuations and delivery of supplies.
The civilians were killed less than two hours into the truce, Mahmoud Adam, a spokesman for Syria's Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, told Al Jazeera. He said many others were wounded in the airstrikes by Syrian warplanes.