UN says 8-hour ceasefire for Aleppo not enough to deliver aid

The United Nations on Monday welcomed an eight-hour ceasefire in Aleppo announced by Russia as a needed respite for Syrian civilians, but said it was not enough to deliver humanitarian aid. In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian boy weeps over the coffin of his mother who was killed following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Activists said the latest Syrian government shelling has killed and wounded several people in a rebel-held area of the northern city of Aleppo. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC) mb.com.ph “We would welcome any pause in the fighting, but there is a need for a longer pause in order to get the aid in,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. The Russian military earlier said the pause in [...]