UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Britain, France and the United States have requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the escalating campaign in Syria's second city of Aleppo, diplomats said. A Syrian family leaves the area following a reported airstrike on September 23, 2016, on the al-Muasalat area in the northern Syrian city of AleppoThe meeting was likely to be held at 10 am (1400 GMT) on Sunday, the diplomats said. Intense air strikes toppled buildings and killed at least 45 civilians in Aleppo on Saturday, two days after the Syrian army announced an offensive to retake the rebel-held east of the city. He warned that "the apparent systematic use of these types of indiscriminate weapons in densely populated areas may amount to war crimes," a statement from his spokesman said. A weeklong ceasefire agreed between the United States and Russia ended on Monday and efforts to revive the truce failed.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2016 00:45 UTC