On Monday 17 October, European foreign ministers said that the bombings of Aleppo can be considered war crimes and called on the Syrian regime and its "allies" to halt them.
"Since the beginning of the offensive by the regime and its allies, notably Russia, the intensity and scale of the aerial bombardment of eastern Aleppo is clearly disproportionate and the deliberate targeting of hospitals, medical personnel, schools and essential infrastructure, as well as the use of barrel bombs,...