October 21, 2016
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has opened a special session on Syria's besieged city of Aleppo. The session, called by the United Kingdom, is seeking a resolution on abuses especially in the northern city's rebel-held districts, where some 250,000 civilians are besieged by Syrian government forces backed by Russia.
Addressing the 47-member council, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein demanded action against "crimes of historic proportions."
"Armed opposition groups continue to fire mortars and other projectiles into civilian neighborhoods of western Aleppo, but indiscriminate air strikes across the eastern part of the city by government forces and their allies are responsible for the overwhelming majority of civilian casualties," Zeid also said.
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