Statement by Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the latest bombings in East Aleppo

The relentless bombing of East Aleppo by the Syrian regime in the last few days has now left hundreds of thousands of besieged civilians without access to food and to functioning hospitals. This comes after the refusal to allow medical and other urgent humanitarian supplies into the city during the pause in the fighting.

These unacceptable violations of international humanitarian law could amount to war crimes and must cease, and the airstrikes must be stopped to allow humanitarian aid delivery into East Aleppo and the evacuation of wounded civilians.

Those responsible for such atrocities will be held accountable under international law. They must realise that each new atrocity of this kind only makes an end to the conflict harder to achieve.

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