Aleppo could be ‘bombed into smithereens’, warns John Kerry

Aleppo, Syria’s second city, is at risk of being “bombed into smithereens” by Russia unless a fresh ceasefire can be agreed with Vladimir Putin, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, has said.

But Kerry said he still believed a ceasefire could be agreed, and revealed proposals were still going back and forth between Moscow and the US.

 

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