snippers shoot childtenAvatarNatalie ChuaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAleppo: A city where snipers shoot childrenbbc.co.uk - By Hannah Lucinda SmithBustan al-Qasr is the last remaining crossing point between the rebel and regime-held sides of Aleppo. Snipers are rife and the atmosphere tense, yet hundreds are forced to use it every day to get to work, to study and buy food. "Today, at about midday, I treated someone who had been shot in the …
AvatarNatalie ChuaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoG8 meeting: Obama and Putin push for Syria summitbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsThe US and Russian presidents have acknowledged at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland they have a widely different stance on Syria, but did agree to push for a summit in Geneva. After face-to-face talks, Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin said they shared a common desire to end the violence. Both also …