In Syria, 59 civilians, including 15 children are reported to have been killed and 139 injured in a new wave of Syrian government air strikes on a besieged rebel enclave near Damascus.<br/><br/>According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, on the fourth day of attacks against a rebel-held region yesterday, warplanes pounded various parts of eastern Ghouta, a besieged pocket of satellite towns and farms near the Syrian capital of Damascus. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian army.<br/><br/>The death toll rose after the bombing of a market in the village of Arbin, where air strikes killed 21, including nine children and three women, the monitor said.<br/><br/>The International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria has expressed distress at the deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in the area. <br/><br/>It said in a tweet, that thousands are struggling to survive without aid, or a safe place from the line of fire in eastern Ghouta. The Syrian government has repeatedly said it only targets militants.<br/><br/>The United Nations called on Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least a month. <br/><br/>