BEIRUT - The UN's Syria envoy Thursday warned east Aleppo faces total destruction, as government forces made their biggest gains in years against rebels inside the opposition-held part of the battleground city. The envoy said eastern Aleppo risked joining the ranks of the 20th century's worst tragedies including the Srebrenica massacre and the Rwandan genocide. "In maximum two months, two-and-a-half months the city of eastern Aleppo may be totally destroyed", he told reporters. He urged fighters from the former Al-Nusra Front, now known as Fateh al-Sham Front after breaking with Al-Qaeda, to leave Aleppo under a deal to halt the regime's attack on the city. It has since evolved into a complex multi-front war that has drawn in regional and international forces including, most recently, Turkey.

Source: Bangkok Post October 06, 2016 18:22 UTC