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Strong peaceful China vital for the world says Japan’s Sone

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Euronews is continuing its coverage of the G7 Summit in Ise-Shima, Japan by interviewing Kenko Sone, the Director of Global Communications f...

‘Rest in peace, champ’: the world remembers Muhammad Ali

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The world is mourning boxing great Muhammad Ali. Impromptu memorials are taking place across the globe with everyone from the United Natio...

The world is mourning boxing great Muhammad Ali. Impromptu memorials are taking place across the globe with everyone from the United Nations to the US president paying tribute to the heavyweight champion. He shook up the world, and the world’s better for it. Rest in peace, Champ. pic.twitter.com/z1yM3sSLH3— President Obama (@POTUS) June 4, 2016 Fellow boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko said: “He is a legendary person. He was (an)example for hundred(s) of millions of people around the world. The person who did for sport, for boxing, more than anyone. Deep condolences for all relatives. And I want to say Muhammad Ali is still alive. His spirit, his idea is still alive in our heart.” Ali was remembered with fondness in Kinshasa, in the now-Democratic Republic of Congo, where he famously knocked out the previously-undefeated George Foreman. “Boxing gained in value here thanks to him. He encouraged many young people to start boxing and brought attention to our country, Zaire at the time,” said one man. Married four times, Muhammad Ali had nine children. Family, friends and national and international figures are expected to gather for his funeral service. In tweets Testimonials are also pouring in across the social networks, with many using the hashtag #GOAT (Greatest Of All Time). As UN Messenger of Peace MuhammadAli spent time outside the ring advocating for ppl in need https://t.co/jxO4C3NJzI pic.twitter.com/F349s8taMu— United Nations (UN) June 4, 2016 #RIP to the legend MuhammadAli. Revolutionised the sport. Redefined boundaries. Stood up for what he believed. The original #GOAT— Thierry Henry (ThierryHenry) June 4, 2016 Float like a butterfly, Ali. May your wings take you to even greater heights #RIPMuhammadAli pic.twitter.com/XogZQHWNFZ— Foster The People (@fosterthepeople) 4. Juni 2016 “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” #RIPMuhammadAli pic.twitter.com/mtNzrsO79K— James (@J16James) 4. Juni 2016 #RIPMuhammadAli Legend pic.twitter.com/glOQJFpYWd— Knean (@Clean_Knean) 4. Juni 2016 “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands cant hit what the eyes cant see.” MuhammadAli #RIPMuhammadAli pic.twitter.com/zntoKfSRCr— Scott Eddy ✈ (MrScottEddy) 4. Juni 2016 Less

Hopes for peace as Colombia signs historic ceasefire deal

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Colombia’s president and the leader of its largest rebel army, the FARC have signed an historic ceasefire deal in the Cuban capital Havana...

Colombia’s president and the leader of its largest rebel army, the FARC have signed an historic ceasefire deal in the Cuban capital Havana. A peace agreement is expected soon, formally ending the 52 year long conflict which killed around 220,000 people. Afterwards Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos addressed leaders from across Latin America. “Compatriots, this is an historic day for our country. After more than 50 years of fighting, deaths, attacks and pain we have put an end to the armed conflict with the FARC. Achieving this agreement fills us with faith and hope.” Then it was FARC leader Rodrigo Londono’s turn to usher in peace. “Let this be the last day of the war. General of the Army, Raul Castro Ruz, President of Cuba, President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. Mr. Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon,” he said. Less than a year ago an attempt at a unilateral ceasefire was made by the FARC and the government responded by halting airstrikes on its camps in the jungle. But it didn’t last as negotiators failed to meet a self imposed deadline in March. The FARC, which is still considered a terrorist group by both the European Union and the United States, is now expected to lay down its arms and its soldiers to return to civilian life. The government has been in talks in Cuba with the FARC since late 2012. The two sides have reached accords on more than half a dozen topics but have yet to come to agreement on a bilateral ceasefire or implementation of a deal. Santos has come under fire over the past week for comments about the referendum he has promised will take place to approve a peace deal. He suggested that taxes may have to rise if the fighting continues and the peace deal falls through. The country’s right-wing opposition, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, now a senator, has called for the public to vote against the deal. He has said it will grant rebels impunity for human rights violations. Less

A Threat to Global Peace: The EU Project and Support for the Kiev Fascist Regime That is Killing of Innocent Civilians

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Published on Jun 29, 2016 This is the great unspoken in the corrupt Western establishment media. The EU project has not been a project of g...

Published on Jun 29, 2016 This is the great unspoken in the corrupt Western establishment media. The EU project has not been a project of global security and peace. Instead the EU vassal 'leaders' have financed and backed the fascist coup imposed regime in Kiev that is supported by pro Nazi battalions and continues to bomb and kill its own civilian population to this very day. This fact makes the EU an obvious danger to global peace and security. The Brussels controlled OSCE continues to cover up these war crimes and intentionally looks the other way while women, children and elderly people are bombed, killed, severely injured and made homeless on a daily basis. The OSCE reports never include eye witness victim testimony. They never include logistical information on trajectories, troop locations, azimuths, types of high explosive, even though OSCE 'observers', who are primarily people with military experience, know full this information, This intentional neglect is a crime against humanity and has been going on for over two years while the EU media continues to lie about the entire situation. This is why people have lost faith in the EU project. This is why the EU was really created, to be used as a political tool and instrument of power to aid globalists who are losing their influence and being exposed as the blood profiteers that they really are, and to aid the US in expansion of NATO, global hegemony and a one world government. Hence the reason, the corrupt and complicit media and human rights organizations stay quiet on what is really happening to civilians in East Ukraine. These organizations are part and parcel soft power instruments being used to obfuscate the truth about the ongoing war in Ukraine. Exclusive interview with people who were victims of shelling carried out by US backed Kiev fighters in the Petrovskiy district. Earlier today, 2 civilians, a woman of 77 and man of 54 years were wounded yesterday in the village Trudovskie of Donetsk. Journalist of Novorossia TV managed to talk to an injured woman and with locals whose houses were destroyed. Less

Yemen: Peace talks in crisis as Houthis sign government deal

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Houthi rebels and political allies of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh have signed a deal to set up a power-sharing council to govern war-sh...

Kerry and Abbas in Paris talks on Middle East peace

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US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Saturday to discuss efforts to move toward a two-state ...

South Sudan : one year since peace deal

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One year to the day since the signing of the peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and there is renewed tension between the two warring f...

One year to the day since the signing of the peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and there is renewed tension between the two warring factions in South Sudan. They comprise the South Sudanese Army which backs President Salva Kiir Mayardit and rebel militias who support the former Vice President Riek Machar. The two sides signed the peace agreement, under strong international pressure, agreeing to the implementation of elections for a national unity government as well as the creation of transitional institutions. The resurgence of violence But the hour of peace has not yet dawned, and the future of the world’s youngest nation has taken a dark turn. South Sudan: opposition split deepens turmoil amid faltering peace accord https://t.co/bo2fIQj2yM pic.twitter.com/opcSSodzj0— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) July 26, 2016 In the South Sudanese capital, Juba in July, deadly fighting with heavy artillery broke out threatening the fragile peace agreement. #Juba, #SouthSudan: The Peace accord is a historical record belonging to South Sudanese, nt leaders #FreeAlfredTaban pic.twitter.com/BbqPoHSc9o— Tito Justin (@TitoJustin1) July 19, 2016 The civil war began in December 2013, when the President accused his former Vice President of attempting a coup. “Displacement on a huge scale”:http://www.unocha.org/south-sudan The violence has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced 2.5 million people. South Sudan has one of the highest levels of displacement caused by conflict in the world. Gambella in Ethiopia hosts more than 270,000 South Sudanese refugees. UNHR reports that the influx of South Sudanese refugees into Uganda has reached 52,000 since the outbreak of violence last July. Kenya reported the arrival of 1,000 refugees during the same period, while 7000 others have fled to Sudan. Since last month a total of 60 000 people have left the country. Bringing the number of South Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries to nearly 900,000 since December 2013. Map of Refugees residing in and originating from SouthSudan (as at 31 July 2016) https://t.co/SffbgOfAm2 pic.twitter.com/xLYIYqU78r— Brendan McDonald (@7piliers) August 11, 2016 A brief respite After a war with Khartoum which lasted for over 20 years, South Sudan gained independence in 2011 before descending into a bloody civil war. UN mission in South Sudan On Friday 12th August the UN authorised the deployment of an additional 4,000 peacekeeping troops to join the 12,000 already on the ground. President Kiir’s spokesperson initially said the government would oppose the UN’s decision before saying on Sunday that the transitional government would consider the proposal. If the UN peacekeeping force manage to keep the violence in check, there is still widespread hope that the agreement could lead to a lasting peace. Security Council approves regional protection force for UN mission in #SouthSudan.https://t.co/4ji45gCyq7 pic.twitter.com/6ONEVsOPfM— UN News Centre (UN_News_Centre) August 12, 2016 Less

Colombia’s long road to peace

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After 52 years of fighting and four years of negotiations Latin America’s longest running conflict has officially ended. A formal peace...

After 52 years of fighting and four years of negotiations Latin America’s longest running conflict has officially ended. A formal peace deal for Colombia was signed in the Cuban capital Havana by the government’s chief negotiator and his counterpart in the largest rebel group the FARC. Colombia’s president then outlined the peace deal in a nationwide TV address. “The FARC will hand in their weapons to the United Nations – on a timetable that has already been announced – within 6 months’ time. All of this, as is well-known, will be verified and monitored by a United Nations commission. This means the FARC will cease to exist and will become a political movement without weapons,” Juan Manuel Santos said. Around 22,000 people died in the conflict and on hearing news of the peace deal Colombians gathered on the streets of the capital Bogota and celebrated into the night. “It gives us the possibility to dream and to begin to build and make real what so many people have been working for for a long time and that is to build from peace, from no violence to work through the conflicts in a different way other than weapons,” said one Bogota resident, Ana Maria Salamanca. Colombians have walked a long road to peace. Talks have failed three times, in 1984, 1991 and 1999, and they still have a vote in a referendum in October on whether to accept the deal. While accord is cause for celebration, major challenges remain in the months ahead as Colombia transitions to peace https://t.co/8GHnTuZXTn— Crisis Group (@CrisisGroup) August 25, 2016 If they do the disarmament of around 7000 FARC fighters will begin soon after. But many are unaware that more pain is still to come. Paying for the peace will cost literally billions of dollars, hitting an already over-stretched economy. Justice will be a sticky subject too. Who will be pardoned and who tried for war crimes? Human Rights Watch says it fears crimes committed by both sides will go unpunished. No prison for war crimes by the FARC rebels and the Colombian military is a very insecure foundation for peace. https://t.co/SfcKnw4UVD— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 25, 2016 Many Colombians want those who committed the worst crimes to go to jail and be prevented from holding public office. And the government will have to offer an alternative way of earning a living to the drug trade which has kept so many people prosperous in rebel held territory. It will also have to make land reforms and develop rural areas. And there’s still a rebel group that is missing from the deal, the ELN or National Liberation Army. They say they want to enter into talks with the government but are still fighting. Less

Colombia government urges referendum backing for FARC peace deal

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The Colombian government has defended the peace deal agreed on Wednesday under which leftist FARC rebels will give up their armed struggle a...

The Colombian government has defended the peace deal agreed on Wednesday under which leftist FARC rebels will give up their armed struggle and join the political process. Critics, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, say the agreement to end half a century of conflict gives rebels amnesty for too many crimes and calls unfairly for subsidising fighters as they readjust to civilian life. A ceremony in Havana saw the two sides shake on the deal applauded by Cuba’s foreign minister whose government with Norway have facilitated the talks. At a news conference in the Cuban capital, the Colombian delegation urged people to vote in October’s referendum on the deal. “There are two (possible) paths (to take): either we continue with a situation of conflict, fading after now nearly seven million victims, or we open up hopes for a strong peace. In essence, that’s what Colombians must do, counterbalance those things that they probably don’t like from what we did yesterday (in agreeing the deal), against future prospects for ending a conflict and open opportunities for growth, a future, for an improvement in political life,” said the Colombian government’s chief negotiator, Humberto de la Calle. Earlier, Colombia’s president also backed the deal which was the result of four years of negotiations. “To have a long lasting peace we have to guarantee that those raised as armed insurgents can reintegrate into the social and legal life of our country. Former FARC members, now disarmed, will be able to have access to the political life of our country, in a democratic way. They will have – as any other political organisation – to convince the citizens with proposals and arguments to be elected,” President Juan Manuel Santos said. FARC’s cocaine-funded war has killed at least 220,000 people and displaced millions because of the violence. It also took resource-rich Colombia to the brink of collapse. Before becoming law, the deal needs to be backed by the Colombian people in the referendum, scheduled for October 2. Colombia’s long road to peace https://t.co/qCHmlT7PM5 pic.twitter.com/cgK3oKWcmp— euronews (@euronews) August 25, 2016 Less

Aung San Suu Kyi opens peace talks to end decades of fighting in Myanmar

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Hundreds of representatives of ethnic groups have gathered in the capital of Myanmar, as Aung Sun Suu Kyi opened peace talks to end decades ...

Colombia peace pact with FARC rebels to be signed on Sept 26

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A date has been set for peace in Colombia. The country’s president announced he will sign a peace deal with the FARC rebel group on Sept...

VPE Special. DPR: No peace for Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Eng. Subs.

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VPE Special. DPR: No peace for Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Eng. Subs. 720p. Donetsk, Petrovsky district. September 6th, 2016. Despite dec...

Peaceful protest against backyard breeders turns redneck (full)

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A peaceful protest at a backyard breeders rural home on Mud Lake road in Thunder Bay, ON turns in to an episode of Jerry Springer. When a p...

FARC rebels unanimously ratify peace deal with Colombian government

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Colombia’s FARC rebel group has unanimously voted in favour of a peace deal with the government, after more than five decades of conflict....

Colombia prepares for signing of historic peace deal

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Colombia’s Caribbean town of Cartagena is preparing to host the signing of an historic peace deal between the Colombian government and Far...

A historic peace deal for Columbia

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After four years of negotiations, FARC members unanimously agreed to a peace deal with the Colombian government on Saturday. Peace agreem...

After four years of negotiations, FARC members unanimously agreed to a peace deal with the Colombian government on Saturday. Peace agreement between the #Colombia and guerilla #Farc will be signed tomorrow Monday 26th of Sept. #HistoricDay https://t.co/sd0mT2sK1k— Gabriel Prieto (@agellgab) September 25, 2016 ‘The war is over’ FARC’s chief negotiator, Ivan Marquez, announced, ‘the war is over’, nourishing hopes that Colombia can finally start to recover from the bitter, 50-year conflict. The deal will be signed at a ceremony on Monday but will only be implemented if it’s approved by the Colombian people in a referendum on 2nd October. Colombia’s FARC victims campaign for ‘yes’ vote in peace deal https://t.co/knVUrHvK9M pic.twitter.com/Z1gx2yZV4R— Mario M. (@newsthrottle) September 15, 2016 #UNSG salutes #Colombia peace accord, rare moment of applause in UN Security Council https://t.co/DHMOQOw2ia pic.twitter.com/kuKwkrQmEM— UN Spokesperson (UN_Spokesperson) September 21, 2016 Unanimous agreement The FARC leader, Rodrigo Londono whose nom de guerre is “Timochenko” made the following announcement: “We have agreed unanimously to end the conflict and to build a stable and lasting peace with the firm conviction that within it lie the seeds of transformation that the vast majority of people and the whole country is striving for.” Comandante das FARC Timochenko chega a Colômbia para X Conferência Guerrilheiramtst_ https://t.co/m4kzSLDTwi pic.twitter.com/v6vSGHTmEs— FARC International (FARC_EPeace) September 15, 2016 FARC leaders and the Colombian government started peace talks in Cuba in November 2012. The key issues included what concessions to make to the rebels and what kind of justice they should face. The United Nations will play a key role in facilitating the peace process following the referendum though when asked what his ‘plan B’ would be if the referendum did not back the peace deal, President Santos said it would be “to go back to war”. UNSG Ban Ki-moon will be in #Colombia today to attend the signing of the historic peace deal between Government & FARC. pic.twitter.com/X9cFE086pr— UN Geneva (@UNGeneva) September 26, 2016 Victim-centred accord “It’s the first time that the victims have been placed at the center of the solution to the conflict, said President Juan Manuel Santos. “Their rights, their rights to truth, to justice, to reparations and to non-repetition.” According to the peace agreement, the government and rebels must provide land, loans and services to impoverished areas to help local populations. From guerilla army to political party FARC will make the transformation from guerilla army to political party with 5 seats in the senate and 5 in the lower house. The ceasefire, which began on August 29th, will be reinforced. The estimated 7000 FARC fighters must hand over their weapons within 180 days and move into 28 disarmament zones set up by the UN. Two-way concessions FARC members will receive a 2-year pension and a one-off payment of 610 euros. In order for the government to combat drug crime, FARC has agreed to stop cocaine production in its strongholds. In return, the government will help farmers there earn a new living. Amnesty will be granted for political crimes but not for massacres, torture or rape. There has been criticism of the fact that guerrilla leaders are unlikely to serve any time in prison. The victims and the dead Of the almost 260,000 Colombians who have died as a result of the conflict, around 80% were civilians and over seven million people have registered as victims. Never Again: #Colombia Acknowledges 1980s ‘Political Genocide’ / state forces massacre https://t.co/rWDQn9w6H3 pic.twitter.com/6pzxhPPpIN— Conorl (@ConorlConor) September 16, 2016 Right-wing paramilitaries, set up to combat FARC are said to be responsible for over half of the massacres. Violence Continues In #Colombia As Peace Accords Advance https://t.co/21QRwGQ1bt pic.twitter.com/Y4p8rzoasY— RiskMap (@Riskmaplive) September 15, 2016 President Santos though hopeful that the deal will be a lasting one, pointed out that it will take a long time for Columbia to recover from the conflict. Less

Colombians call for ‘no more war’ as historic peace deal is signed between Farc rebels and the government

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More than 50 years of civil war and bloodshed have been officially brought to an end with the signing of a peace deal between Colombia and F...

More than 50 years of civil war and bloodshed have been officially brought to an end with the signing of a peace deal between Colombia and Farc rebels. In a ceremony in the Colombian city of Cartagena, more than 2,500 foreign and domestic dignitaries, all dressed in white as a symbol of peace, saw the Farc leader and the country’s president sign the historic document. White shirts and peace it is…Colombia does it with all respects. peace tambien :) pic.twitter.com/K31ccxM44v— Sezin Öney (@SezinOney) September 26, 2016 It was also the first time that Rodrigo Londono, known as “Timochenko” and President Juan Manuel Santos were able to shake hands on Colombian soil. The deal was signed with a pen made from a bullet to illustrate the transition from weapons into education and the future. #FirmaDeLaPaz – Colombia signs the historic ‘peace agreement.’ pic.twitter.com/hnulEpt4GE— John Lundin (@johnlundin) September 26, 2016 “What we have signed today, (...) goes beyond a simple agreement between a government and a guerilla to put an end to a conflict,” said President Santos to the crowd. “What we have signed today is a declaration by the Colombian people in front of the world to say that we are tired of war and that we do not accept any more violence as a mean to defend ideas and that we say loud and clear NO MORE WAR...” At which point men women and children arose as one and joined the president in chanting “no more war”. ¡El mundo aplaude que #LaPazGerminaYa en Colombia! Con apoyo generoso de comunidad internacional llegamos a este histórico día. pic.twitter.com/5bJrNnMW5S— Juan Manuel Santos (@JuanManSantos) September 27, 2016 In his address, “Timochenko” asked for forgiveness for all the pain caused to the victims of the conflict. At one point the rebel leader was taken by surprise as a fighter jet flew over the crows. He quickly recovered saying “ Now planes fly to salute peace , not drop bombs.” More than a quarter of a million people died and thousands more were displaced by the years of violence. The agreement to end Latin America’s longest-running war will turn FARC guerillas into a political party fighting at the ballot box instead of the battlefield that have occupied since 1964. FARC which stands for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, began as a peasant revolt, became a big player in the cocaine trade and at its strongest had 20,000 fighters.Now it must hand over weapons to the United Nations within 180 days. Colombians are believed to be nervous over how the remaining 7,000 rebels will integrate into society, but most are optimistic peace will bring more benefits than problems. Colombia will vote on October 2 whether to ratify the agreement, but polls show it should pass easily. The deal has been lauded by the international community. The European Union is to remove the FARC group from its terror list. The US has pledged 390 million dollars to support the peace process. Honored to be in #Colombia for the signing of this landmark peace agreement, marking the end of the longest-running war in Latin America.— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) September 26, 2016 Less

Syria: US on verge of ending peace talks with Russia

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With each day bringing more horror for Aleppo, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Thursday ...

With each day bringing more horror for Aleppo, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Thursday and both “strongly condemned the barbarous Russian and Syrian regime air strikes,” the White House said in a statement. It comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Washington was close to suspending talks with Moscow on a ceasefire in Syria. “The bombing of Aleppo right now is inexcusable,” Kerry told a public policy conference in Washington. “We are on the verge of suspending the discussion because it is irrational in the context of the kind of bombing taking place, to be sitting there trying to take things seriously.” Secretary JohnKerry’s remarks at the Washington #IdeasForum: https://t.co/j4BVwEIuse pic.twitter.com/xVt8vbbIld— Department of State (StateDept) 29 septembre 2016 Kerry spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday, the US State Department said but it did not announce a suspension of the diplomacy, suggesting Washington may give Moscow a little more time. With a short-lived ceasefire over, Russia is vowing to press ahead with the Aleppo offensive. It says a solution is being hampered by a US failure to distinguish moderate Syrian rebels from jihadist extremists. “We underline once again the need for the separation of the so-called peaceful opposition from terrorists,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow. “We call firstly on the United States and all those in the region who have a relevant influence to come up with such a separation.” US ‘invested too much into Syrian opposition to be able to backtrack’ https://t.co/HtLGTzhBAI #SyriaCrisis pic.twitter.com/jywsVevBeR— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) 29 septembre 2016 Recapturing Aleppo would be the biggest victory of the war for government forces, and a potential turning point in a conflict that until now most outside countries had said would never be won by force. The multi-sided civil war has killed hundreds of thousands of people, made half the Syrian population homeless, and allowed much of the east of the country to fall into the hands of ISIL jihadists who are enemies of all other sides. Russia and its Syrian government allies say they are targeting only militants in Aleppo. But the US and EU say civilians, hospitals and aid workers are deliberately being struck. UNICEF says 96 children have been killed and over 200 more injured in Aleppo this week alone. 96 children killed & 223 children injured in attacks this week in #Aleppo, #Syria. Each one a daughter or a son: https://t.co/ztSuUE8JdQ pic.twitter.com/4fML77qTw2— UNICEF (@UNICEF) 29 septembre 2016 Less