ALEPPO (SYRIA) - Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held east Aleppo on Sunday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the worst surge in violence to hit the devastated city in years. A truce deal hammered out by Russia and the United States this month was meant to see aid trucked into the east of the city. - 'Chilling escalation' -Ban said Saturday he was "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in Aleppo, and Britain, France and the United States requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The United States and its European allies said Saturday it was up to Moscow to save the truce. But on the ground, the army was pushed back from the strategic Handarat camp north of Aleppo city that they captured on Saturday, the Observatory said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2016 11:15 UTC