Ghouta. Ceasefire violated. Paris and London call for an emergency meeting at the UN
(B2) France and the United Kingdom on Tuesday (March 6) called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the failure of the attempt to establish a temporary ceasefire in Syria. , diplomats said according to AFP.
The Security Council is due to meet tomorrow Wednesday (March 7) as the assault by Syrian government forces and their Russian and Iranian allies continues on the enclave of Eastern Ghouta despite a ceasefire declared at the unanimously by the Council on February 24.
On Tuesday, the Syrian regime continued its airstrikes against the rebel part of Eastern Ghouta and its forces continued their rapid inroads into the rural part of the besieged enclave.
Last night, the humanitarian convoy that entered the rebel enclave had to cut short its aid distribution mission due to shelling in the Douma sector, also targeted by strikes (read: A first relief convoy for Eastern Ghouta… It is not enough, says the ICRC).
(with AFP)
