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UN chief urges Russia, US to help stop Syria fighting

By Reuters
April 29, 2016

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Russia and the United States to exert pressure on Syria´s warring parties to stop fighting and ensure a credible investigation of air strikes that destroyed an Aleppo hospital.

"Instead of bombing civilian areas, all Syrian parties must renew their focus on a political process," Ban´s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.