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Ceasefire in Syria Continues to Fray as Violence Escalates in Aleppo

© AFP 2023 / GEORGE OURFALIANSyrian emergency personnel secure a street after rockets reportedly fired by rebels hit Al-Dabbeet hospital in the government-controlled neighbourhood of Muhafaza in the northern city of Aleppo on May 3, 2016
Syrian emergency personnel secure a street after rockets reportedly fired by rebels hit Al-Dabbeet hospital in the government-controlled neighbourhood of Muhafaza in the northern city of Aleppo on May 3, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The United States is concerned by the continued escalation of violence in and around Aleppo in Syria, according to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US authorities are concerned by the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo as the ceasefire in the country continues to wear out, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a briefing on Tuesday.

"The United States is concerned by the continued escalation of violence in and around Aleppo," Earnest stated. "The security situation there…is deteriorating. It is an indication that the cessation of hostilities is continuing to fray."

A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings on May 2, 2016, in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood which was targeted recently by regime air strikes - Sputnik International
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Earlier on Tuesday, the command of the Syrian Armed Forces said militants have boosted the intensity of their offensive on Syria’s Aleppo amid the ongoing negotiations to include the area in the "silence regime" brokered by Moscow and Washington.

The ceasefire, negotiated with the help of the United States and Russia, has been in place in parts of Syria since late February. A new truce was hammered out last Friday for Damascus and the northern Latakia province.

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