WHO Calls for Evacuation of Sick, Wounded From Aleppo

The World Health Organization called Friday for the immediate evacuation of hundreds of sick and wounded people from eastern Aleppo, Syria. The WHO has estimated that children make up about one-third of the hundreds of civilians killed and wounded there over the past two weeks. "The situation really is unfathomable," said Rick Brennan, WHO director of humanitarian emergencies. "According to health officials there, there have been 338 deaths in the last couple of weeks...

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