Twelve people were killed, among them a child, in Syrian army shelling late Wednesday on Douma, a rebel-held town near Damascus, a monitoring group said. "At least 12 people were killed, among them a child and a woman... in fierce shelling by regime troops on several areas of Douma," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Douma is a rebel bastion **rtheast of Damascus, which has been under suffocating army siege for more than a year. An AFP photographer in Douma said the shelling hit several parts of the town, among them a busy market area.