The Britain-based Observatory said at least eight civilians were killed in regime air strikes that hit two eastern areas of Aleppo, warning the death toll could rise as more were trapped under the rubble.
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It also wants to manage the exit corridors.
The charity Save the Children says a maternity hospital it supports in an opposition-held area in northern Syria has been bombed, with casualties reported.
Images show part of the building in Kafer Takhareem destroyed. It is not clear who carried out the attack.
Save the Children says the hospital is the biggest in the area, carrying out more than 300 deliveries a month.
Only a dozen of Aleppo residents trickled out through one passage Friday, while others wanting to flee were turned back by rebels, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
SANA said some fighters came forward to government forces where they handed over their weapons and surrendered to authorities.
Earlier in the week, OBrien warned the Security Council that time is running out, and those with influence, must act now to establish a weekly, 48-hour humanitarian pause so much-needed assistance could be provided to the people trapped in Aleppo.
Russia’s announcement was welcomed cautiously by the United Nations, the U.S. and some aid agencies.
A US official told Reuters that the Syrian regime may intend to arrest and punish people who attempt to use the corridors, claiming they are armed rebels or “terrorists” trying to escape the city.
Meanwhile, Syrian activists said a USA -led coalition airstrike targeting a village in northern Syria held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, had killed 28 civilians the previous night, including seven children.
“It has the risk, if it is a ruse, of completely breaking apart the.co-operation”, he said.
The U.N. envoy for Syria is offering a “suggestion” to Russian Federation over its proposal to set up humanitarian corridors around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, advising Moscow leave the job to the United Nations.
“Our suggestion to Russian Federation is to actually leave the corridors being established at their initiative to us”, he said.
“The UN and humanitarian partners know what to do”.
Moreover, “why would you evacuate a city that you wanted to send humanitarian aid to?” the official asked. 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.
De Mistura told reporters Russian Federation had so far only sketched out its aid plan.
Syria’s opposition High Negotiations Committee on Thursday criticised the corridors, saying Russian Federation and the regime aimed to “alter Aleppo’s demographics and ensure forced displacement”.
This would also be a humiliation for Kerry, who has led a diplomatic initiative with Moscow aiming to let the Cold War superpower foes cooperate against militants and restore a ceasefire for the wider civil war which collapsed in May.
He stressed that Russian suggestion to open humanitarian corridors in the area of military operations is possible only with Russian participation, and the United Nations would not be able to do it on its own.
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Since beginning of the humanitarian operation, the general said, 169 civilians have used the humanitarian corridors, as well as 69 militants, who laid arms.
