Meanwhile on Sunday, 12/18/2016, Russia, another major political player here, after once more insisting that there are only 'terrorists' left in East Aleppo threatened its 7th UN Security Council veto on the crisis in Syria.
This time to scuttle the French draft resolution which calls for immediately deploying U.N. observers to Aleppo to monitor the evacuations amid many reports of summary arrests, executions, and disappearances of young men between the ages of 20-50 trying to flee.
Russia's substituted draft language significantly waters down the French draft language making effective UN action unlikely. It merely suggests that "arrangements be made to monitor the conditions of civilians remaining in Aleppo" while maintaining Moscow's insistence that the civilians have all left East Aleppo and only 'terrorists' remain. We wait the UNSC Resolution hoping it's not, like much we have all witnessed coming out of the UN these days with respect to Syria. Many nice and presumably sincere words, but nothing substantive to help the people of Syria. History is apt to judge the parties to this conflict harshly- including the UN -for their political posturing and failure to provide live saving humanitarian help.
Hopefully most of the recent political posturing and legal niceties can be put aside and the evacuation of East Aleppo and the Four Villages will proceed without more interruptions and that Manal and Mohammad-Kamal, like countless other children, innocent victims all of this carnage, will be allowed to reunite with their families in a safe location.
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