A divided AleppoThe international community’s first goal since the truce brokered by the United States and Russia came into effect on Monday is to get aid to Aleppo. He said 20 U.N. trucks were waiting at the border “ready to go”. Disagreements between the warring sides were blocking aid getting into opposition-held eastern Aleppo, Mr. Swanson added. The Syrian government has said it will reject any aid deliveries to the city not coordinated through itself and the United Nations, particularly from Turkey, which has backed the rebels fighting President Bashar Al-Assad. But a similar truce in February gradually broke down and violence escalated sharply, particularly around Aleppo.

Source: The Hindu September 14, 2016 21:33 UTC