Russia announced an eight-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Aleppo later this week, as the EU warned that the Syrian regime’s Moscow-backed assault on the city could amount to war crimes.
The United Nations and European Union welcomed the announcement, but wanted the planned pause in fighting to be longer to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.
This decision has been taken to introduce humanitarian pauses, mainly for the free passage of civilians, evacuation of the sick and wounded and withdrawal of fighters.