Russia: No Further Cease-fires in Syria's Aleppo

A top Russian diplomat says the Kremlin will not consider another humanitarian cease-fire in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov spoke Monday, after a 72-hour truce expired in the city, and Russian and Syrian warplanes launched waves of new airstrikes. Moscow and Damascus insist the strikes are aimed at jihadists, while monitors and Western governments say they indiscriminately target an increasingly desperate civilian population.  Ryabkov,...

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