Aleppo a slaughterhouse – UN chief

UN human rights chief Zeid Raad Al Hussein has described the Syrian city of Aleppo as a “slaughterhouse”. In a speech, he said the siege and bombardment of Aleppo’s rebel-held east were among the “crimes of historic proportions” being committed in Syria. Almost 500 people have been killed and 2,000 injured since government forces, backed […]

UN human rights chief Zeid Raad Al Hussein has described the Syrian city of Aleppo as a “slaughterhouse”.
In a speech, he said the siege and bombardment of Aleppo’s rebel-held east were among the “crimes of historic proportions” being committed in Syria.
Almost 500 people have been killed and 2,000 injured since government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, launched an assault on the east a month ago.
Syria’s government has said civilians are suffering because of “terrorists”.
Meanwhile, the UN said a lack of security guarantees had forced it to delay plans to carry out medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday during the second 11-hour “humanitarian pause” declared unilaterally by the government and its ally, Russia.