A short truce seems to be faltering in Syria’s Aleppo, after activists reported Syrian activists say warplanes struck two rebel-held villages shortly after Russian and Syrian airstrikes were halted.
\nThe Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Ibrahim Alhaj, a spokesman for the Civil Defense, say that Tuesday’s airstrikes hit villages of Anadan and Daret Azzehe.
\nThey had no immediate word on casualties.
\nRussia had said there would be an eight-hour \u201chumanitarian pause\u201d in the battered city, a move welcomed by the United Nations and the European Union which nevertheless said the ceasefire needed to be longer to allow the delivery of aid.
\n\u201cStrikes in the Aleppo region by the Russian and Syrian air forces are stopping today starting at 10:00 am,\u201d Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised briefing, adding that the measure was \u201cnecessary\u201d to pave the way for the truce.
\n\u201cThis guarantees the security of civilians\u2019 exit through six corridors and prepares the evacuation of the sick and injured from eastern Aleppo,\u201d he said, adding that it would also guarantee safe passage for armed rebels to leave eastern Aleppo.<\/p>\n
Turkey, Qatar, and Saudis join Aleppo truce discussions<\/strong> Russia has repeatedly demanded that the Syrian rebels break off from extremist groups, as a condition to revive a ceasefire in the battleground city of Aleppo.<\/p>\n \u201cThose countries did express their intention to work hard with those moderate opposition groups in order for them to be separated from Al-Nusra,\u201d Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters.<\/p>\n More than 430 people have been killed in bombardment on the eastern half since the assault on Aleppo was announced on September 22, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n Source: Alarabiya<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A short truce seems to be faltering in Syria’s Aleppo, after activists reported Syrian activists say warplanes struck two rebel-held villages shortly after Russian and Syrian airstrikes were halted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTurkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have agreed to military talks with the United States and Russia on efforts to distance Syrian opposition fighters from extremist groups in order to facilitate implementing the truce.<\/p>\n