UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he is alarmed by reports of atrocities against "a large number" of civilians, including women and children, in recent hours in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
"While stressing that the United Nations is not able to independently verify these reports, the secretary-general is conveying his grave concern to the relevant parties," said Ban’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric, according to AFP.
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