Russia: Aleppo humanitarian corridors still open

Russia’s defence ministry has insisted humanitarian corridors leading out of Aleppo are still open and that there have been no Russian or Syrian air strikes on the besieged city for seven days now.

Russia’s defence ministry has insisted humanitarian corridors leading out of Aleppo are still open and that there have been no Russian or Syrian air strikes on the besieged city for seven days now.

The ministry’s spokesman, Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov, said a total of 48 women and children had left eastern Aleppo the previous evening.