Assad says that “liberating Aleppo from the terrorists deals a blow to the whole foundation of this project”.
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“We call on the United Nations to investigate respective reports and gather evidence to hold the perpetrators of war crimes to account”, they said, threatening that they “are ready to consider additional restrictive measures against individuals and entities that act for or on behalf of the Syrian regime”. “We proposed an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow for safe departures and the Russians so far have refused”, it said in a statement. So, the man waited, hoping that a auto would drive by and pick them up, Alrejjo said.
At least 34 people were reported killed in air raids on an ISIL-held village north of Palmyra where local villages alleged poison gas had been used. accused Russian Federation of attacked iIt said at least 34 people had died in air raids on an Islamic State-held village north of Palmyra, and that local officials said poison gas had been used.
Syrian Army troops and popular forces captured more districts in Southeastern Aleppo after brief clashes with Jeish al-Fatah coalition of terrorist groups.
Assad pledged to fight rebels even beyond Aleppo.
Opposition fighters have been forced to evacuate several of their besieged strongholds in Syria during the conflict, most recently a string of areas near Damascus. The proposal came during weekend talks in Geneva between US and Russian experts that had been billed as an 11th-hour attempt to ease Aleppo’s endgame.
Lavrov and USA officials are set to meet in Geneva on Saturday to discuss “militants’ pullout from Aleppo”, according to Russian state media.
The IS recapture of Palmyra nine months after it was retaken by Syrian government and Russian troops led to mutual recriminations between Western officials and Moscow.
The U.S. National Security Council also said, in a message passed on by the American mission in Geneva, that Moscow had rejected a ceasefire.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it carried out an operation overnight with Syria’s Red Crescent to evacuate 150 civilians, many disabled or sick, from a health facility in the Old City.
In an interview with Syrian daily Al-Watan, Mr Assad said defeating the rebels in Aleppo “will be a win for us, but let’s be realistic – it won’t mean the end of the war in Syria”.
There have been at least 10 meetings between Russian Federation and rebels so far, the sources said. “Those killed and wounded are left on the streets”, Mohammed Abu Rajab said.
Forces loyal to Bashar al Assad retook the Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood on Monday after a heavy night of bombing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The Syrian Civil Defense in Aleppo said it was able to record 38 killed in Wednesday’s violence.
The Aamaq news agency says poison gas was used in the attack on the eastern side of the central province of Hama, killing 20 while 200 others suffered breathing problems.
Opposition fighters in eastern Aleppo had vowed not to leave the city, after they offered a cease-fire proposal to the government last week, which was largely ignored.
With their enclave disintegrating, many rebels escaped through a narrow corridor near the citadel – a majestic hilltop palace now ravaged by fighting – into the few square miles that remain toward the southern part of the city.
A United Nations official said about 31,500 people from east Aleppo have been displaced around the entire city over the past week, with hundreds more seen on the move on Wednesday. He added that Syrian forces captured the district in the early hours of Monday after fierce battle. “What more could we want?”
In Aleppo, rebel factions that had held out for four years finally buckled last week under the pressure of a massive air campaign that took out all remaining hospitals, and a suffocating siege that has seen medical and food supplies running dangerously low.
Peskov said numerous IS fighters involved in the Palmyra assault had recently left the Iraqi city of Mosul, where US -backed Iraqi forces have been waging a almost two-month-old offensive against the militants.
Rebel fire intensified on government-controlled areas in Aleppo as the Syrian military and allied militias pushed their way into areas controlled by the rebels in recent days.
The latest advances by Assad’s forces have brought them closer than ever to a major victory in the war.
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A Syrian official told Reuters: “We managed to take full control of the Sheikh Saeed district”.
