West Slams Russia for Aleppo Bombings at UN Security Council
- Syria truce hopes fade amid intense bombing of Aleppo
- Power accusses Russia of “barbarism” as death toll climgs
The aftermath of an air strike in Aleppo on Sept. 25.
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Western powers traded barbs with Russia during an acrimonious emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to halt intensive bombing of Aleppo, the center of opposition to the government of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, without reaching agreement.
UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura said Sunday that nearly 2 million people in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and former commercial center, are without running water following an escalation in fighting over the past few days. At least 231 civilians have been killed in violence in Aleppo and its outskirts since a truce collapsed this week, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring organization.