Russia Ready to Introduce New Humanitarian Pauses in Aleppo

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Russia is ready to introduce new humanitarian pauses in the operation to retake the Syrian city of Aleppo, but demands that they be used to help the civilians, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said.

JERUSALEM (Sputnik) – The ongoing violence in Syria has claimed the lives of thousands of people and displaced millions more. The international community has undertaken steps to end the Syrian conflict and to solve the humanitarian crisis in the Middle Eastern country.

"We are ready to continue the humanitarian calm, the humanitarian pauses, but we expect that they will be used to really help the civilians, to withdraw it via humanitarian corridors," Gatilov told reporters.

On October 20, the Russian "humanitarian pause" was introduced in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo to ensure the safe evacuation of civilians from eastern part of the city via eight designated corridors.

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