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July 30, 2012

Battle for Aleppo Continues in Syria 
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In Syria, clashes continue to rage between government and rebel forces
in Aleppo. Both sides have offered conflicting accounts of how much they
are in control of the city. At the United Nations, Rupert Colville of
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
warned civilians in Aleppo are under siege.

Rupert Colville: "We have a very large majority of states who have
agreed that the arms trade needs to be brought under control and needs
to be regulated against rules around international humanitarian law and
international human rights law. That's a first for conventional arms so
it's a very big step forward."

 

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