UN envoy to Syria warns East Aleppo will be totally destroyed by Christmas

Staffan de Mistura

Staffan de Mistura Source: AAP

The UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has warned that if bombings by Russian forces continue in east Aleppo, that side of the city will be totally destroyed by Christmas. The area has been a hiding place for nearly 1000 rebels and over 25,000 civilians including over 100,00 children. De Mistura has offered to personally escort the rebels out of the area.


Ua aumaia se lapataiga mai le sui o malo aufaatasi i Suria, Staffan de Mistura a le taofia le taua ma osofaiga o loo faia e Rusia ma vaegaau o loo lagolago i le faigamalo a Bashar al-Assad, e le'i maea le tausaga nei ua leai se fale e tu ma se tagata e ola i le itu i Sasae o le taulaga tele o Aleppo.

 

O eleele ia o loo umia e le vaegaau tetee, le Fateh al-Sham lea sa faaigoaina o le al-Nusra Front, ma o lo latou iai i eleele ia, o loo faavae ai le finauga a Rusia e tatau ona osofa'ia e ui ina toatele tagata sivili o loo nonofo ai.

 

O osofaiga mai le 'ea e Rusia ua faaleagaina ai le tele o falema'i, ua faitau selau tagata sivili ua maliliu ma le faitau afe ua manunu'a.

 

Ua faitau masina fo'i e le'i toe oo iai se fesoasoani mai malo aufaatasi.

 

Ua faia se folafolaga a Staffan de Mistura i le Fateh al-Sham o le a ia auai faatasi ma i latou e tuua eleele ia ina ia taofia ai le osofaiga ma amata ona sao atu fesoasoani a malo aufaatasi i tagata sivili o loo nonofo ai.

 

DE MISTURA

 

"And if you did decide to leave, in dignity, and with your weapons, to Idlib or anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready, physically, to accompany you."

 

Na saunoa di Mistura a faaauau le osofaiga i le tulaga o iai nei, e oo atu i le Kerisimasi ua leai se fale e tu i Sasae o Aleppo.

 

DE MISTURA



"The bottom line is, in maximum, two months, two-and-a-half months, the city of eastern Aleppo, at this rate, may be totally destroyed."

 

Na ia saunoa foi o le a manatua i le tala faasolopito le faaogaina e Rusia ma Suria o le iai o le vaegaau tetee a Fateh al-Sham ma mafuaaga o le osofaiga ma le tulaga pagatia ua faitau masina nei o feagai ma tagata sivili.

 

O le itu i Sasae o Aleppo o loo nonofo ai tagata e toa 275,000 e aofia ai le ova i le 100,000 tamaiti.

 






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