Egypt received the Syrian government's approval of its endeavor to "alleviate the suffering of the people of Aleppo", the foreign ministry said on Thursday. According to a statement by the ministry, Egypt has mediated to secure the delivery of humanitarian aid to devastated areas in Aleppo and to evacuate the injured and the elderly. Aleppo is seeing a "humanitarian catastrophe unlike any we have witnessed in Syria", the UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien said in September. Both resolutions called for a ceasefire but Russia's resolution did not include ending of airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Russian draft garnered only four votes while the French , which called for immediate end of air strikes on Aleppo, received 11 votes but was vetoed by Russia.

Source: Egypt Independent October 20, 2016 15:33 UTC