Vladimir Putin has ordered a daily five-hour “humanitarian pause” in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, effectively replacing a United Nations security council resolution that had demanded a month-long ceasefire in the embattled region. The announcement on Monday came after at least 29 people were killed in eastern Ghouta despite a UN security council resolutionthat demanded an immediate cessation of the fighting. Local doctors and monitors said at least 18 people had been injured by a suspected chlorine attack in eastern Ghouta on Sunday evening. “Eastern Ghouta cannot wait. It is high time to stop this hell on earth,” Guterres told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2018 12:20 UTC