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France, UN leaders worried about Syria’s Ghouta

The Associated Press, Mar 3, 2018 – The office of French President Emmanuel Macron says that he and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are extremely worried about the continued violence in Syria’s eastern Ghouta despite a cease-fire resolution.
Macron’s office said in a statement that he and Guterres spoke Saturday and expressed their “grave concern” and called for a full implementation of the resolution.
The statement says U.N. convoys should be delivering aid to hard-hit populations in the region.
Macron will discuss the cease-fire Sunday with the president of Iran, which backs Syrian President Bashar Assad. France has also tried in recent days to pressure Russia to use its influence with Assad to freeze government bombings.
Syrian activists and rescuers say at least six civilians have been killed in the ongoing bombing of eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus, despite a Russia-ordered brief daily humanitarian pause.
The corridor, manned by Russia military police and Syrian troops, has since Tuesday been set to open for five hours daily. An elderly Pakistani couple has managed to leave after negotiations.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Syrian Civil Defense said six civilians were killed Saturday in government bombings in eastern Ghouta.

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