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UN Security Council Calls For Syria Ceasefire

The UN Security Council on Saturday night unanimously voted for a 30-day humanitarian truce in Syria’s eastern Ghouta following seven straight days of bombing against the besieged town. 
 
This came amid desperate calls from aid workers who said the bombing would not let up long enough for them to count the bodies during one of the bloodiest air assaults of the seven-year war.
 
Reuters reported the vote at the United Nations came as warplanes pounded eastern Ghouta, the last rebel enclave near Syria’s capital, for a seventh straight day while residents holed up in basements.
 
The Security Council approved a resolution demanding a 30-day truce to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations with the support of Syrian ally Russia after a flurry of last-minute negotiations.
 
Medical charities have decried attacks on a dozen hospitals but the Damascus government and Russia, its key ally, say they only target militants. 
 
They have said they seek to stop mortar attacks injuring dozens in the capital, and have accused insurgents in Ghouta of holding people as human shields.
 
There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military.

UN Security Council Calls For Syria Ceasefire

The UN’s vote came after desperate appeals were made by aid workers who said the bombing has not let up long enough for them to even count the bodies. 

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The UN Security Council on Saturday night unanimously voted for a 30-day humanitarian truce in Syria’s eastern Ghouta following seven straight days of bombing against the besieged town. 
 
This came amid desperate calls from aid workers who said the bombing would not let up long enough for them to count the bodies during one of the bloodiest air assaults of the seven-year war.
 
Reuters reported the vote at the United Nations came as warplanes pounded eastern Ghouta, the last rebel enclave near Syria’s capital, for a seventh straight day while residents holed up in basements.
 
The Security Council approved a resolution demanding a 30-day truce to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations with the support of Syrian ally Russia after a flurry of last-minute negotiations.
 
Medical charities have decried attacks on a dozen hospitals but the Damascus government and Russia, its key ally, say they only target militants. 
 
They have said they seek to stop mortar attacks injuring dozens in the capital, and have accused insurgents in Ghouta of holding people as human shields.
 
There was no immediate comment from the Syrian military.

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