“In maximum two months, two and a half months, the city of eastern Aleppo at this rate may be totally destroyed,” Staffan de Mistura told reporters in Geneva. The rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo has been hammered by a Russian-backed government offensive, including multiple attacks on hospitals. “Can you please look at my eyes,” de Mistura said in a direct appeal to Nusra leaders, before pleading with them to quit Aleppo. He warned that eastern Aleppo risked joining the ranks of the 20th century’s worst tragedies, making comparisons to the massacre at Srebrenica and the Rwandan genocide. Following the collapse of the latest ceasefire negotiated by Washington and Moscow, Assad’s forces on September 22 renewed their assault on eastern Aleppo.

Source: Hindustan Times October 06, 2016 14:03 UTC