In July there were at least 10 confirmed attacks on health facilities in Aleppo city. American sponsored rebel forces have long been entangled with al-Nusra, and many Washington-backed forces would regard an attack on al-Nusra as an attack on the Syrian revolution itself. The fate of Aleppo, the scene of some the most brutal fighting of the civil war, is seen as critical by all the actors to the conflict. At the UN session on Monday, Clarissa Ward, a celebrated CNN war correspondent, also warned Russia was playing into the hands of jihadists. The fighting has led to public water supplies being cut off in both sides of the city in the midst of searing heat.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2016 20:53 UTC