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The UN calls for humanitarian pause in Aleppo

Both sides are increasing the violence in Syria's second largest city, and today, the UN called for a humanitarian pause . Millions of people in Aleppo are threatened with a cutoff of their water supply.

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By Warren Olney • Aug 9, 2016 • 6m Listen

Both sides are increasing the violence in Syria's second largest city, and today, the UN called for a humanitarian pause. Millions of people in Aleppo are threatened with a cutoff of their water supply. Rami Khouri, syndicated columnist and senior fellow at the American University in Beirut, says the geopolitics make it a quite complicated situation.

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    Rami Khouri

    senior fellow at the Arab Center in Washington and a distinguished fellow at the American University of Beirut

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