Alwaght- Aid program for civilians in Aleppo requires all parties, and not just Russia, to abide by the humanitarian truce, a UN official said on Monday.
The United Nations is ready to deliver aid into Syria's Aleppo, but needs commitments from all parties in the war - not just Russia - to abide by a 48-hour humanitarian truce, the U.N. aid chief, angered by lack of assistance to civilians, said on Monday.
Russia, which has been backing Syrian government forces fighting against ISIS and other terrorist groups, confirmed commitment to a 48-hour humanitarian truce in Aleppo on Thursday.
"While this (Russian) statement is positive, this cannot be a one-sided offer," the aid chief, Stephen O'Brien, told the U.N. Security Council. "Once we have the green light we can start to move assistance within 48 to 72 hours."
Aleppo, Syria's most populous pre-war city was occupied by armed terrorist groups five years ago leaving thousands of civilians homeless and in need for urgent humanitarian aids.
A view shows a damaged building in Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 22, 2016. REUTERS
Syrian army backed, by Russian air crafts, increased their efforts to cleanse terrorists from the city where up to 2 million people do not have clean water.
There has been no clear commitment to any such humanitarian aid truce by the terrorist groups in Aleppo, making it impossible for the UN backed programs to reach the in need civilian population. O'Brien said no aid had been delivered in August to nearly one million people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas because of the fightings.
Aleppo has been divided since 2012 between government forces in the west and the Takfiri terrorists in the east. Syrian forces have been engaged in a major operation to liberate the militant-held areas of the city as well as the province with the same name.
