The footage, which has not been independently verified, is believed to have been filmed in the neighbourhood of Ramouseh, where government forces have been battling Syrian rebels.
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United Nations work in the country came under fire last week when The Guardian reported that lucrative aid contracts had gone to people and entities closely allied with Mr. Assad, including a charity set up by his wife and companies under US and European Union sanctions.
Volunteer first responders in Syria’s Aleppo have pulled the bodies of nine people, including four children, from the rubble following air raids Friday on a rebel-held district, while another 10 people were killed by the shelling of government-held parts of the city.
Earlier today, US Secretary of State John Kerry called on “every Syrian stakeholder” to support the plan to “bring this catastrophic conflict to the quickest possible end through a political process”.
“This requires halting all attacks, including aerial bombardments, and any attempts to gain additional territory at the expense of the parties to the cessation”, he said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that despite continuing mistrust, the two sides had developed five documents that would enable coordination of the fight against terrorism and a revival of Syria’s failed truce in an enhanced form. “It requires unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access to all of the besieged and hard-to-reach areas including Aleppo”, he said.
Previous efforts to forge agreements to stop the fighting and deliver humanitarian aid to besieged communities in Syria have crumbled within weeks, with the United States accusing Assad’s forces of attacking opposition groups and civilians. -Russian military partnership that would come into force if Moscow can pressure its ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, to halt offensive operations.
Asked if Russian Federation had approved a text of a deal on Syria, Mr Lavrov said: “We are there, I don’t know where our friends are, but I believe it’s important for them to check with Washington”.
Syrian army forces and their allies have recaptured the whole Ramousah district of Aleppo, according to a monitor.
The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said helicopters dropped crude barrel bombs.
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The advance further seals off rebel-held parts of the city, building on an advance last week that reimposed a siege on opposition areas.
