Western powers lashed out at Syria's government, 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. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault accused Damascus of "extraordinary duplicity" over the bombings, which came just as aid workers were beginning to distribute supplies to thousands of desperate people.
