Scores killed in Syrian government missile attack near Damascus

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday government forces fired 12 missiles at Douma, 10 miles (15 km) northeast of Damascus.

As a result of the attacks, at least 40 people were killed and about 100 wounded.

The Syrian Civil Defence group posted photos on its Facebook page and and said more than 45 had died in the attack.

The attacks come on the eve of multilateral talks in Vienna on finding a political solution to the conflict in Syria.

Representatives of Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will also attend the talks, which will be held today.

Iran, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad, for first time will attend such a summit with the US.