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UNSC approves monitors for Aleppo evacuation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 20. (ANI): Alarmed at the "devastating" humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, where perhaps thousands of civilians remain trapped, the Security Council has requested the United Nations and other relevant institutions to carry out "adequate, neutral moni
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Aleppo now synonym for hell, we have failed Syria: UN Chief Ban Ki-moon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 17 (ANI): In his last press conference as United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon delivered stark warnings at the forefront of international concern that "the carnage in Syria remains a gaping hole in the global conscience."
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Thousands leave east Aleppo on first day of evacuation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 16 (ANI): More than 2,000 people have been evacuated and thousands more are expected to make the journey from besieged districts of east Aleppo under a deal brokered by Turkey and Russia.
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India would welcome any reduction in violence: MEA on Aleppo carnage
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 15 (ANI): Amid mounting international concern about the tragic situation in Aleppo, the Ministry of External Affair on Thursday said India would welcome any reduction in violence and cessation of hostilities in Syria.
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Aleppo: Civilian convoy comes under deadly fire during evacuation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 15 (ANI): With a civilian convoy coming under deadly sniper fire in besieged Aleppo in Syria in violation of a tenuous ceasefire, a major operation to evacuate the injured civilians resumed on Thursday.
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Aleppo: US envoy asks Syria and its allies - 'Are you truly incapable
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 15 (ANI): United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power, in a scathing attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies, has questioned their consciousness over ongoing bloody battle in Aleppo where reports of mass executions by pro
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WHO steps up response in Aleppo, demands protection for health personnel
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 (ANI): With conditions in Aleppo continuing to deteriorate as thousands of people are fleeing from the violence-hit area, the World Health Organization (WHO) alongside United Nations and other partners is working to provide care in the midst of conflict and to a
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Past time for you to act to end Aleppo carnage: UN Chief tells emergency S
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec. 14 (ANI): Aleppo should represent the end of the quest for military victory, not the start of a broader military campaign in a country already ravaged beyond all recognition by five years of war, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an emergency me
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Aleppo: 82 civilians executed by pro regime forces
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 13 (ANI): The United Nations has said that forces loyal to the Syrian regime have been entering homes in the last pockets of Aleppo held by rebels and shooting people on the spot,
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Kerry urges Russia, Syria for ceasefire in Aleppo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 10 (ANI): United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday urged Russia and the Syrian regime to take steps toward finding a political solution to the conflict and called for a ceasefire saying the fall of Aleppo would not mean an end to war.
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Aleppo: Russia 'ready for talks' on withdrawal of rebels
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 4 (ANI): Russia has said it is "ready" for talks with the United States to allow for withdrawal of rebels from eastern Aleppo as the Syrian forces continue to advance in the besieged city.
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Aleppo hit by 'heaviest bombardment' since war began
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov. 21 (ANI): The sixth straight day of bombing by Syrian regime forces over the eastern Aleppo on Sunday brought the death toll to almost 300, to which the rescuers say is the most intense bombing since the war began fiv
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