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Assad’s troops tighten grip on Aleppo as 2 million left without water
Source: The Guardian
Assad’s troops tighten grip on Aleppo as 2 million left without water
A siege of the Syrian city has intensified after the end of the
weeklong ceasefire, with little hope of reviving US-Russian
backed talks
Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 24 September 2016 20.27 BST
President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have tightened their siege of Aleppo, after another 24 hours of intense bombardment that left dozens dead and nearly 2 million without water.
A barrage of bombs has been dropped on the city since Thursday when Assad, along with his Russian backers, abandoned a shaky ceasefire and government forces launched a new assault on the city that was Syria’s largest before the war.
The attack has left US policy on Syria in disarray, with diplomats pursuing a halt in hostilities even as Assad’s forces on the ground ramped up fighting using Moscow’s air power as back-up.
The intensity of the attack and the power of some of the larger bombs are unprecedented even for a city that has endured some of the most brutal fighting of Syria’s long civil war, including years of notoriously imprecise barrel bombs.
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A siege of the Syrian city has intensified after the end of the
weeklong ceasefire, with little hope of reviving US-Russian
backed talks
Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 24 September 2016 20.27 BST
President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have tightened their siege of Aleppo, after another 24 hours of intense bombardment that left dozens dead and nearly 2 million without water.
A barrage of bombs has been dropped on the city since Thursday when Assad, along with his Russian backers, abandoned a shaky ceasefire and government forces launched a new assault on the city that was Syria’s largest before the war.
The attack has left US policy on Syria in disarray, with diplomats pursuing a halt in hostilities even as Assad’s forces on the ground ramped up fighting using Moscow’s air power as back-up.
The intensity of the attack and the power of some of the larger bombs are unprecedented even for a city that has endured some of the most brutal fighting of Syria’s long civil war, including years of notoriously imprecise barrel bombs.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/24/aleppo-siege-tighten-bashar-al-assad-water-two-million
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