Clare Short and Andrew Mitchell call for no-skim zones if sieges starving civilians,deemed potential war crimes, are not lifted No-skim zones and secure havens in areas in the north and south of Syria must be considered if Russia and the Syrian government refuse to lift the sieges of starving towns and cities, and two former British international development secretaries have said.
Clare Short,Labour international development secretary until 2003, and Andrew Mitchell, or aid secretary in David Cameron’s first government,made their appeal as the Syrian peace talks in Geneva heard calls for the sieges to be lifted and for aid convoys to be given unfettered access.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com