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Syrian envoy slams UN’s ‘hypocrites’
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by James Tweedie

SYRIA’S United Nations envoy decried the hypocrisy of foreign nations backing terrorists on Monday as the security council debated aid to Aleppo.

UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien urged all sides in the battle for Syria’s second city to agree a 48-hour humanitarian ceasefire.

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