As the United States and Britain announced that they are considering new sanctions against Moscow for its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the brutal aerial bombardment of rebel-held Aleppo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry worried Sunday that Russian fighter jets were harkening back to a similar strategy used by the Kremlin during its war in Chechnya.
Foreign Policy: Grozny is the ‘solution’ for Aleppo, says Russian Embassy
Syrian pro-government forces take part in an operation to take control of Aleppo's Suleiman al-Halabi neighbourhood, which is divided by the frontline that separates the rebel-held east and regime-held west of the northern city, on September 30, 2016.
Syrian regime forces advanced in the battleground city of Aleppo, backed by a Russian air campaign that a monitor said has killed over 3,800 civilians in the past year. (AFP)
