Syria regime pounds rebel enclave, sends fighters to face Turkey 2/21/2018 7:31:43 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print A Syrian carries an infant wounded in government bombardment of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta town of Hammuriyeh on February 19, 2018 AFP, Feb. 20, 2018  - Regime air strikes Tuesday pushed the death toll from three days of bombing in Syria's rebel Eastern Ghouta to over 200 as Damascus pitched pro-government forces into the fray against Turkey in a Kurdish-held border region. The pro-regime fighters came under bombardment from Turkey after entering the northern Afrin region, escalating a month-long offensive by Ankara in another major twist for Syria's complex near-seven-year war. To the south on the outskirts of Damascus, air strikes and rocket and artillery fire have battered the Eastern Ghouta enclave since Sunday in apparent preparation for a government ground assault on the besieged region. More than 200 civilians have be...