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UN Security Council Holding Emergency Meeting on Violence in Aleppo

UNITED NATIONS —

The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting Wednesday on the recent increase in hostilities in Syria's northern city of Aleppo

Britain and France called for the session, which Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin criticized as a "propaganda campaign."

It follows a dire prediction Tuesday from U.N. envoy from Syria Staffan de Mistura as fighting in Aleppo continued to intensify and more civilians tried to escape.

"Clearly, I cannot deny - this is a military acceleration and I can't tell you how long eastern Aleppo will last," de Mistura said during remarks to the European Parliament. "There is a constant increase of movement on the military side."

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Re: UN Security Council Holding Emergency Meeting on Violence in Aleppo
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2016, 12:45:20 pm »
I'll bet they come up with a resolution condemning Israel for the Aleppo situation. 888sunglass