Russia paused airstrikes and Assad opened an exit route — but no one has evacuated Aleppo's 'slaughterhouse'
Thomson Reuters
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian government on Friday opened a new corridor for rebels and civilians who want to leave the besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, but the U.N. said planned medical evacuations haven't begun as planned because of a lack of security assurances from the warring sides.
The evacuations, part of a Russia-announced pause in fighting, were announced a day earlier with great hopes by U.N. officials.
But the spokesman for the U.N's humanitarian aid agency... Читать дальше...