French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says the international community cannot ‘come to a negotiation under the bombs’. Photo: Dominick Reuter / AFP file pictureAFP · 23 Oct 2016, 17:18Published: 23 Oct 2016 17:18 GMT+02:00France's foreign minister urged the international community to "do everything" to end the "massacre" in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday after fighting resumed following a 72-hour truce declared by Damascus ally Russia. After arriving in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said: "we're 150 km (93 miles) -- perhaps no further – from Aleppo. And right now bombing, artillery continue to destroy this city and massacre the population." For Syrian refugees to have the chance to return to their country, "we must do everything to stop this massacre" and resume negotiations to reach a political agreement.

Source: The Local October 23, 2016 15:22 UTC