DOUMA, Syria: Western powers turned up the heat on Damascus on Friday (Saturday in Manila) as tens of thousands of civilians in Syria's battered rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta awaited desperately needed aid.

More than 600 civilians have been killed in the enclave outside Damascus since Russia-backed regime forces launched an assault on February 18.

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