Russia says it would support 48-hour truce in Syria’s Aleppo

Secretary of State John Kerry shared his concern about the deteriorating situation in Syria, in particular with regard to the continuous attacks of the Syrian regime and Russian Federation on some hospitals, the water network and other municipal infrastructure in Aleppo, ‘ noted John Kirby in a statement.

The head of the organization, also known by its French acronym MSF, said people are being taken off life support because of a “multitude” of wounded, and doctors in eastern Aleppo are left to “await their own deaths”. Hospital workers are not terrorists.

There was little discussion of the events which have caused Russian Federation and Syria to lose confidence in the possibility that a ceasefire would work, specifically the bombing by USA warplanes which killed 80 Syrian troops on September 17.

The rebel-held east of Aleppo has since come under a deadly bombardment by the regime and Russian airstrikes.

Since last week, the government has waged a major air campaign in Aleppo and threatened a wide ground offensive.

Ban said the war in Syria has led to the fleeing or killing of 95 percent of the medical staff in Aleppo, where almost 275,000 civilians are under siege. Abu Rajab, of the M10 hospital, said two people had been killed because they could not receive treatment after the hospitals were attacked, but did not provide further details.

On Wednesday, 11 people were killed in government shelling that hit a bread queue in opposition-controlled eastern Aleppo, according to activists.

The Syrian regime released video footage of what it said was Aleppo’s ancient Farafra district on Thursday.

On Wednesday, two of the largest hospitals in rebel-held parts of the city were bombed, prompting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to describe that attack as a war crime. “One of my relatives moved to the government area before the siege but he told me that they were given some basic stuff at the start but they have not gotten anything since and that there was no water, food or medicine in the camp where they were placed”. Washington says the Syrian president has too much blood on his hands and must leave power.

Jabole said that even as the war dragged on and the situation deteriorated, he chose to stay on in Aleppo because he has never lived anywhere else.

The latest USA statement, which says Moscow’s failure to stop the slaughter in Syria might expose “Russian interests, perhaps even Russian cities” to extremist attacks, is “supporting terrorism”, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said Thursday.

Russian Federation said Thursday it supports a 48-hour cease-fire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, but not a longer truce proposed by the United States.

Separately, in Moscow, Russian officials accused the USA of siding with “terrorists” in Syria.

Assad’s Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah allies have said in recent days the war will be won in combat. The collapse of peace efforts ends a proposed scheme to separate Western-backed fighters from hardened jihadists.

The United States called the assault on Aleppo by Syria and Russian Federation “a gift” to Islamic State on Thursday, saying it was sowing doom and would generate more recruits for the militant group.

The rebels’ main demand has always been for the provision of anti-aircraft missiles, but Washington has resisted this, fearing they could end up in the hands of jihadists.

“We can not interpret this as anything else apart from the current USA administration’s de facto support for terrorism”, Ryabkov was quoted as saying. He said authorities “know this facility and where it is very well”.

Another rebel commander told a news agency his group had received deliveries of a new type of Grad surface-to-surface rockets.

In a swipe at the USA role in the region, Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov said that Russia’s “war on terror” would continue.

“There have been clashes in al-Suweiqa from 5 a.m. until now”.

“At a time when we are dying, it is not logical to first check if a group is classified as terrorist or not before cooperating with it”, said a senior official in one of the Aleppo-based rebel factions.