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RFE/RL: NATO chief concerned Russian Navy task force will join attacks on Aleppo

Published Oct. 21, 2016 at 7:57 am

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, search for victims amid the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes in the rebel-held Qatarji neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on October 17, 2016. Dozens of civilians were killed as air strikes hammered rebel-held parts of Aleppo early morning, despite Western warnings of potential sanctions against Syria and Russia over attacks on the city. Both Russian and Syrian warplanes are carrying out air strikes over Aleppo in support of a major offensive by regime forces to capture rebel-held parts of the northern city. (AFP)

Photo by AFP PHOTO / KARAM AL-MASRI

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he is “concerned” that a Russian aircraft carrier and its task force that is heading to the eastern Mediterranean Sea will join Russian attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo and “increase human suffering.”

Stoltenberg said on October 20 that navies from NATO member states would monitor the movements of the Russian task force in a “responsible and measured way.”