MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Fighting in Aleppo, which is part of a civil war in the crisis-torn Syria, escalated in the past days after militants in the eastern neighborhoods announced an offensive and fired missiles on the government-held western part of the city.
"On our part and on the part of the Syrian government, all the possible and imaginable steps to address the problems faced by the residents of this city [Aleppo], are being taken," Ryabkov told journalists.
During the humanitarian pause, al-Nusra Front terrorist group, recently renamed as Jabhat Fatah al Sham, outlawed in Russia, prevented civilians from fleeing the city, attacking them. As the evacuation failed and the humanitarian pause ended, the Syrian government launched an offensive against the militants.
