Debris of the collapsed buildings are seen after the war crafts belonging to the Syrian and Russian armies carried out airstrikes on the residential areas in Kafr Naya town of Aleppo, Syria on November 23, 2016. ( Beha el-Halebi - Anadolu Agency )
GENEVA: Syrian armed opposition groups in besieged east Aleppo have agreed to a U.N. plan for aid delivery and medical evacuations, but the U.N. is waiting for a green light from Russia and the Syrian government, humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said on Thursday.
Some 275,000 people are trapped in east Aleppo, where the last U.N. food rations were distributed on Nov. 13. Trucks are ready in Turkey and west Aleppo to bring aid, but the U.N. needs 72 hours to prepare the "big, complex and dangerous operation".
"We hope to have a full green light from both the Russian side and Syrian government side. The signal today from the Russia side was positive," Egeland told reporters. "In many ways Plan B is that people starve. That cannot be allowed to happen."
