“It is vital for major players to reach resolution”, he said, citing Russian Federation, the USA and the Gulf States.
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But the meeting of the International Syria Support Group broke up after Russian Federation refused United States demands that it promise to immediately ground the Syrian regime’s air force.
Russian Federation and the United States co-sponsored the ceasefire plan, with Kerry warning it could be the “last chance” to try to end Syria’s civil war, which has killed more than 300,000 people in five years.
“We are not sure at this point whether they are ready and willing to take those kinds of steps”.
People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria September 21, 2016.
The broadcaster says evacuations have finished for Thursday. 20 people lost their lives in the attack, including 12 aid workers.
The Britain-based Observatory said dozens of raids hit the city’s east overnight, as regime troops advanced on rebels in Aleppo’s southwestern outskirts.
Fighting was also reported in the central provinces of Homs and Hama. “Whatever they say, it’s just lies”, Assad said. Syria’s rebels do not have aircraft.
Earlier, a ruling party legislator had said three Syrians were wounded.
“Our obligation to civilians on all sides is to go where and when we can with relief”, said Jan Egeland, a senior United Nations humanitarian official focused on Syria.
UNITED NATIONS The United States and Russian Federation abandoned diplomatic niceties Wednesday in a fractious public debate over Syria, blaming each other for spoiling the countrys cease-fire and offering only temporary patches to stem the bloodshed.
His pleas crossed paths with another statement by Russia’s government, this time suggesting a USA coalition Predator drone was operating nearby when the convoy attack occurred.
The United States said it believes it was carried out by a Russian-piloted aircraft.
– On a USA -led airstrike that killed over 60 Syrian troops in the country’s east last week: ” It was four airplanes that kept attacking the position of the Syrian troops for almost one hour, or a little bit more than one hour.
In an extensive interview in Damascus, the president also predicted the five-year civil war would “drag on” due to what he claimed was continued external backing for his opponents. The council’s nations all sought to revive the U.S.
The Pentagon and Russian Federation had planned on some low levels of coordination to hit Islamic State targets in Syria if a fragile truce lasted for seven days, but with the ceasefire in tatters officials said plans were on indefinite hold. The Turkish military routinely responds to the rockets with artillery fire.
Elizabeth Hoff, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Syria, told Reuters it was preparing medical supplies for delivery on Thursday to the Damascus suburb of Moadamiya subject to the normal security risk assessments. The first buses carrying the evacuees moved midday, transferring them to a rebel-held area in the northern Homs countryside.
The government’s main focus has been to consolidate its grip over the main cities of western Syria and the coastal region that is the ancestral homeland of Assad’s Alawite sect.
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FACTS: The U.N. rights agency, UNICEF and other U.N. agencies have repeated condemned airstrikes on hospitals and medical facilities. The opposition and other observers said the deal was tantamount to forced displacement. Aid groups and worldwide convoys have reported coming under fire, both from government forces and rebels.
