EU: Attacks on Civilians in Aleppo 'Breach' Humanitarian Law

The attacks on civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo amount to a "breach of international humanitarian law," top EU officials said, urging the international community to intensify peace efforts.

"The indiscriminate suffering being caused among innocent civilians is an unacceptable breach of international humanitarian law," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and humanitarian commissioner Christos Stylianides said in a statement.

They denounced the "fire-bombing and shelling" as well as the "deliberate targeting" of a humanitarian convoy last week and the "cutting off of water supplies to the majority of civilians still in the city".

The pair called on those with influence on the regime to apply the maximum pressure to cease the attacks. They also urged them to work to "allow unhindered and continuous humanitarian access to those in need, and resume political negotiations under the auspices of the UN in Geneva as swiftly as possible".

Source : XINHUA