UN humanitarian chief to Al Arabiya: situation in Aleppo not sustainable

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaking to Al Arabiya’s Talal Al Haj renewed calls for a weekly 48-hour ceasefire in Syria to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged areas and described the situation in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo as “not sustainable.”

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