Germany calls for “air bridge” to supply besieged Aleppo

Despite this, the United States and Russian Federation are said to be joining forces against militants in Aleppo, according to the RIA news agency.

Turkey expects Syrian Kurdish fighters to withdraw east of the Euphrates river after they and other US -backed forces seized control of the Syrian town of Manbij from Islamic State last week, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.

The foreign minister said Russian Federation will continue to coordinate additional steps in the delivery of humanitarian aid with the International Syria Support Group, the United States and the United Nations.

The attempt was spearheaded by Syria’s rebranded al-Qaida branch, which now goes under the name of Fath al-Sham.

“Aleppo residents are going through a real humanitarian catastrophe”, he said.

The Russian FM said that Moscow and Washington had managed to enforce 48-hour or 72-hour truces in various parts of Syria before. Fighting for the city has become the focal point of the nation’s civil war, now in its sixth year.

The rebel assault targeted key army positions at a cement factory southwest of Aleppo.

Fighting between Syrian government forces and the rebels first broke out in mid-2012 in Aleppo.

‘I think this is the most hard period since Germany’s reunification, which occurred with an active and decisive role by our country [the Soviet Union].’ For his part, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said Monday that improving ties with Russian Federation was one of the most important tasks facing the coalition government.

The Syrian government describes all armed groups fighting to topple President Bashar Assad as terrorists. Shell-fire is constant, with houses, schools and hospitals all in the line of fire.

The battle for Aleppo is “one of the most devastating urban conflicts in modern times, ” Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said on Monday. “The scale of the suffering is vast”, said Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

BERLIN-Germany on Monday called on Russian Federation and the Syrian government to allow food, water and medical supplies into the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo under the monitoring of the United Nations.