Russia proposes four humanitarian corridors for east Aleppo: UN
AFP
01 December, 2016, 20:18
Update: 01 December, 2016, 20:18
Syrian residents of eastern rebel-held parts of Aleppo walk through the Kadi Askar district as they leave their homes for a safer place in a distinct rebel-controlled area on November 30, 2016, during a Syrian army offensive on the eastern sectors of the divided city. Photo: AFP
Geneva, Switzerland: Russia has proposed setting up four humanitarian corridors to battered eastern Aleppo to allow in aid as well as hundreds of desperately needed medical evacuations, the UN said Thursday.
‘The Russian Federation announced that... they want to sit down in Aleppo with our people there to discuss how we can use the four (humanitarian) corridors to evacuate people out,’ Jan Egeland, head of the UN-backed humanitarian taskforce for Syria, told reporters.