EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday after the United States held weekend talks in Lausanne and London will voice their harshest criticism yet of Russian air strikes in eastern Aleppo. Struggling to help end Syria’s war, the EU is stepping up efforts to support the United States in its bid to stop the bombing of eastern Aleppo, where 275,000 people are trapped. The United States is also considering additional sanctions. It is in almost daily contact with charities to move in, but diplomats say the trucks cannot get through government checkpoints to eastern Aleppo from the western part of the city. “There is no point-blank refusal, but drivers are asked for things they don’t have, like special driving licenses,” said one EU official.

Source: Indian Express October 17, 2016 02:15 UTC