In Syria, the government is continuing to launch airstrikes and shelling against Eastern Ghouta, outside the capital Damascus. Monitors say more than a dozen people were killed Thursday. The group Doctors Without Borders says more than 1,000 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 more have been wounded in the last two weeks alone. On Thursday, France reiterated its threats of intervention against the Syrian government, if claims of chemical weapons attacks in Eastern Ghouta are verified. The Syrian government has repeatedly denied carrying out chemical weapons attacks during the ongoing conflict, including in Eastern Ghouta.