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Thursday 11 Feb 2016 - 15:14 Makkah mean time-2-5-1437
Russian airstrikes target Aleppo (Image from Internet)
New York (IINA) – Several UN Security Council members pressed Russia on Wednesday to stop bombing around Syria's Aleppo in support of a Syrian military offensive and allow humanitarian access ahead of a crucial meeting of major powers in Germany on the conflict, Reuters reported.
The 15-member Security Council met, at the request of New Zealand and Spain, behind closed doors to discuss the situation after the United Nations warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian regime forces encircle opposition-held parts of Aleppo.
"Russia's air strikes have been a direct cause of this crisis around Aleppo," New Zealand's UN Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen told reporters after a briefing by UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien.
International powers, including Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Iran, are due to meet on Thursday in Munich in a bid to resurrect Syrian peace talks. But diplomats have little hope for negotiations as long as the Russian-backed offensive continues. The opposition members have said they will not attend the talks unless the bombing stops.
Syria's five-year civil war has taken more than 250,000 lives and driven about 11 million people from their homes.
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