A man walks past damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged al-Sukkari neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters) A man walks past damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged al-Sukkari neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. Moscow had extended the unilateral “humanitarian pause” into a third day until 1600 GMT on Friday, but announced no further renewal of the truce despite a UN request for longer to evacuate wounded civilians. The United Nations had hoped to use the ceasefire to evacuate seriously wounded people, and possibly deliver aid. The UN had drawn up a four-day plan that would start with two days of medical evacuations to west Aleppo, rebel-held Idlib province, and Turkey, and continue with more evacuations as well as aid deliveries.

Source: Indian Express October 22, 2016 17:15 UTC