Russia said Monday its forces and Syrian regime troops would briefly halt fire in Aleppo on Thursday, as criticism mounted of the ferocious Moscow-backed assault on the Syrian city, according to Agence France Presse.
Senior Russian military officer Sergei Rudskoi told a press briefing, "We have taken a decision not to waste time and to introduce 'humanitarian
pauses', mainly for the free passage of civilians, evacuation of the sick and wounded and withdrawal of fighters."