奧巴馬譴責俄敘對阿勒頗平民的野蠻空襲
U.S. President Barack Obama has strongly condemned the "barbarous Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes" on civilians in eastern Aleppo.
The White House says Obama spoke by telephone Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both agreed that Russia and the Assad regime bear a "special responsibility" for stopping the fighting and letting humanitarian aid get in.
Secretary of State John Kerry said earlier the U.S. is "on the verge" of suspending diplomatic talks with Russia because of Moscow's continued bombing of rebels in eastern Aleppo.
A monitoring group said Friday Russian airstrikes across the country in the past year have killed more than 9,000 people, including many civilians. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said many more civilians were wounded by the airstrikes. In Aleppo itself, hundreds of thousands of civilians are stuck in the city. Half of them are children.
Kerry called it “irrational” to keep talking and “take things seriously” after the Russians vowed to continue the airstrikes. “It's one of those moments where we're going to have to pursue other alternatives for a period of time,” said Kerry. He added he is “extremely concerned” about the future of the Syrian people.
The United States is pushing Russia to pressure its close ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to honor a cease-fire and let U.N. relief convoys into Aleppo.
Russia and the Syrians say they are targeting "terrorists" -- their term for the rebels who want to topple the Syrian government.
But the U.S. says Russia and Syria are hitting hospitals, refugee camps and such critical sites as water and power plants. The U.S. says the bombs are indiscriminate and that the Russians make no effort to specifically hit their stated target -- Islamic State fighters.美國總統奧巴馬強烈譴責俄羅斯和敘利亞政權對阿勒頗市東部平民的野蠻空襲。
白宮說，奧巴馬總統和德國總理默克爾星期四進行了電話交談。雙方一致認爲，俄羅斯和阿薩德政權在停止戰鬥和允許人道救援進入阿勒頗方面需要承擔“特殊的責任。”
美國國務卿克里稍早時說，美國正“接近於”中斷與俄羅斯就敘利亞問題進行的外交談判，原因是莫斯科持續對阿勒頗市東部的反政府武裝進行轟炸。
一個監督組織星期五說，過去一年，俄羅斯對敘利亞全國各地的襲擊已經導致9千多人喪生，其中包括很多平民。設在英國的敘利亞人權瞭望臺說，還有很多平民在空襲中受傷。僅是阿勒頗市，將就有數十萬平民被圍困，其中一半是兒童。
克里說，俄羅斯誓言要繼續空襲，在這種情況下繼續會談並“嚴肅對待這些事態”，是“非理性的”。克里說，“現在是我們在未來一段時間尋求其它解決方法的時刻了。” 克里還表示，他對敘利亞人民的前途“深感憂慮”。華盛頓正在迫使莫斯科運用其影響力，讓其盟友敘利亞總統阿薩德遵守停火協議，允許聯合國救援車隊進入阿勒頗。
俄羅斯和敘利亞則說，他們襲擊的目標是“恐怖分子”，這是他們用來形容試圖推翻敘利亞政府的反叛武裝的稱呼。
但是，美國說，俄羅斯和敘利亞襲擊了醫院、難民營以及供水和電廠等關鍵設施。美國說，他們狂轟亂炸，而且俄羅斯根本沒有設法針對他們的預定目標－伊斯蘭國武裝人員。
