“We suffered a lot in order to be able to come here”.
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The White House said on Thursday that it was skeptical about the Nusra Front ending its al Qaeda relationship – and said that it had assessed that it has the intent to conduct attacks on the West in the future.
Coalition air strikes leave 28 dead as US CENTCOM reports only 14 total civilian causalities in the past year.
More than a quarter of a million people have died and millions have been displaced since March 2011, when Syria’s conflict erupted.
Residents have reported food shortages and spiralling prices in rebel districts since regime forces cut off the opposition’s main supply route into the northern city.
Earlier this week, the Syrian army sent text messages to residents and terrorists in eastern Aleppo, saying it will grant safe passage to people wishing to leave the area.
The Syrian army received the families at Salahuddien district, transporting them to temporary shelters by bus.
Basma Kodmani of the opposition High Negotiations Committee said according to BBC that the passages, set up by Russian and Syrian forces, are “not for getting aid in, but driving people out”.
“Aleppo is becoming, as it always was, an iconic place which can make the world believe there is a human political solution in Syria”, he said.
But Ryabkov and other Russian officials insisted that they have no such dark intentions.
A picture taken on July 29, 2016 shows a general view of the Karaj al-Hajz corridor (C) in the militant-held part of Aleppo, leading towards the government-controlled area of the Masharqa neighborhood (background).
It also wants to manage the exit corridors.
Russian Federation and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government declared a “humanitarian operation” in the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo on Thursday, opening “safe corridors” so people can flee Syria’s most important opposition stronghold.
Three corridors had already begun working in the area, it said.
New York, July 30:As the humanitarian crisis reaches distressing levels in Syria, particularly in and around battle-torn Aleppo, the United Nations envoy for the country welcomed on Fridayinitiatives aimed at assisting the civilian population trapped amid the fighting and, “under the right circumstances”, the implementation of humanitarian corridors. They have the experience; thats our job, de Mistura stated. Observatory chief Rami Adurrahman said another 13 people were killed in the strikes but that he could not say if they were ISIS fighters or civilians.
Russian Federation also said four more humanitarian corridors would be opened to add to the three already functioning.
Save the Children quoted a doctor describing dire conditions of constant bombardment and mass casualties inside the city. Jolani said his group was breaking ties with al-Qaida and changing its Arabic name to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Conquest of Syria).
At one bombing site, “a child less than 10 years old ran to me shouting “sir, please put my arm back”.
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Opposition activists meanwhile reported airstrikes on several towns and villages in Aleppo province, including the village of Ibin where at least six people were killed according to the Observatory and the LCC.
