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UN envoy on Syria ‘appalled’ by indiscriminate rocket attack on western Aleppo

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (APP): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has said he is ‘appalled and shocked’ by the high number of rockets indiscriminately launched by armed opposition groups on civilian suburbs of Syria’s western Aleppo in the past 48 hours. “Those who argue that this is meant to relieve the siege of eastern Aleppo should be reminded that nothing justifies the use of disproportionate and indiscriminate weapons, including heavy ones, on civilian areas and it could amount to war crimes,” De Mistura said in a statement issued by his office.