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News in Brief 21 October 2020

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WFP/Basel Hassan

Three-hour daily ceasefire in Aleppo “not enough” to deliver aid

Three-hour daily pauses in the fighting around Aleppo are “not enough” to get life-saving aid in the Syrian city because the logistics are “enormous”.

That’s the reaction of two senior UN officials to the truce proposed by the Russian Federation on Thursday.

Fighting is raging inside Syria’s second city where two million people are living in fear of besiegement.

Jocelyne Sambira reports.

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