UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors today to discuss the crisis in Aleppo after civilians began evacuating and Syrian forces moved to assert full control over the city.<br/><br/>France requested the urgent consultations, to push for international observers to be sent to the city to monitor the situation and ensure deliveries of humanitarian aid. <br/><br/>French Ambassador Francois Delattre told reporters that in these dark days in Aleppo, it is critically important to have international observers under the surveillance of the UN to oversee the situation. <br/><br/>UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien will brief the council on details of the evacuation that began earlier Thursday with a convoy of ambulances and buses crossing into a government-held district in southern Aleppo.<br/>
News On AIR | December 16, 2016 7:25 AM
UNSC to hold meeting on Aleppo evacuation