BEIRUT: Western powers lashed out at Syria's government on Friday, accusing regime forces of dropping barrel bombs on the town of Daraya hours after it received its first food aid in almost four years.

The strikes, using crude unguided explosive devices, came as Arab-Kurdish fighters said they had encircled a stronghold of Islamic State (IS) fighters in northern Syria, cutting off a major supply route.

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