AP Big Story
Michael Astor
August 9, 2016
Experts tell UN of increasingly desperate situation in besieged Aleppo. apne.ws/2aHbvrs
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Experts painted a graphic portrait of barrel bombings, attacks on medical facilities, chemical weapons use and the ongoing suffering inside the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, shaming the international community for its inaction at an informal Security Council meeting organized by the United States.
Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a Syrian-American doctor from Chicago, told the meeting held Monday that medical facilities in eastern Aleppo are routinely targeted, creating a situation where people are dying from treatable conditions for lack of medical care and basic supplies.
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