State Dept. Condemns Russia, Assad Regime for Not Allowing Sufficient Aid Into Eastern Ghouta

State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert on Tuesday castigated Russia and the Syrian government for not allowing sufficient humanitarian aid into besieged areas of eastern Ghouta in Syria to help civilians suffering there. The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has worked with its allies Russia and Iran to secure the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta, where nearly 400,000 besieged civilians reside, about one-third of which are children. Some reports have indicated that the Assad regime has used chemical attacks on the civilians in eastern Ghouta. The United Nations and the United States, as well as other countries, have called on Russia and the Assad regime to allow aid convoys

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