To date, an estimated 450,000 people have been killed, 4.8 million have fled the country and still 13.5 million people require humanitarian assistance

''The slaughter in Aleppo is happening before our eyes. The children under the rubble, their screams, their terror are played on our screens every day. Deliberate attacks on children and hospitals are ongoing. They cannot be dismissed as ‘collateral damage in a battle against terror'. It is a systematic attack on the laws of war.

Resolutions at the UN Security Council are ignored. Diplomacy has so far failed. The world urgently needs to deter the use of collective punishment against the civilians of Eastern Aleppo, beginning with sanctions targeting those ordering violations and a commitment to bring war criminals to justice."