UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Aleppo

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today to urgently address the crisis in Aleppo following reports that Syrian forces executed dozens of civilians in the city.

France and Britain requested the meeting scheduled for midday (1700 GMT), diplomats say.

AFP

A member of the Syrian government forces stands in a severely damaged street in Aleppo's newly captured Al-Kalasseh neighborhood in the eastern part of the war torn city on December 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN)
A member of the Syrian government forces stands in a severely damaged street in Aleppo’s newly captured Al-Kalasseh neighborhood in the eastern part of the war torn city on December 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN)

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