Now for look at stories making headlines around the world…and we start in Syria.<br />The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says airstrikes and artillery fire have killed more than 70 people in a rebel enclave in eastern Ghouta.<br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… hundreds of others are also said to be injured in yet another series of attacks in Syria resulting in civilian casualties….<br /><br /> That's right Semin… the war monitoring group said on Monday that at least 71 people were killed in the space of 24 hours. <br />325 people were also said to have been wounded. <br /> Syrian state media said Sunday's attack came after rebel factions in Ghouta fired mortars at districts in Damascus, killing a child and wounding eight others. <br />The government airstrikes and artillery fire also came as pro-regime forces prepare to launch a major ground assault on Eastern Ghouta.<br />They are reportedly trying to help the Kurdish YPG militia try to repel a month-old Turkish military assault in Afrin, dubbed Operation Olive Branch.<br />But, the YPG has denied there's a deal with Damascus.<br />Turkey's foreign minister said the Syrian army's efforts to defend the YPG would come to nothing, adding that Turkish soldiers will not be stopped. <br />Eastern Ghouta is home to nearly 400-thousand people, according to the UN, and is the largest rebel stronghold left near the capital. <br />
