Indiscriminate attacks in Aleppo causing civilian bloodshed: ICRC

A top International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) official warned Thursday that ongoing violence in Syria's second largest city of Aleppo is creating a situation which is both "devastating and overwhelming."

"We hear that dozens of civilians are being killed every day and scores more injured from shells, mortars and rockets. The bombing is constant. The violence is threatening hundreds of thousands of people's lives, homes and livelihoods," said ICRC's head of delegation in Syria, Marianne Gasser, in a statement.

"No adult, let alone child, should have to live through this. People are trying to survive in the most desperate of circumstances," she added.

According to ICRC, water systems, hospitals, warehouses, ambulance stations, public buildings and civilian homes have been destroyed or damaged on all sides of the front lines by indiscriminate attacks.

In light of this, trapped civilians are finding it increasingly difficult to find adequate shelter, food and medical assistance.

Gasser urged warring factions to protect the lives of civilians and critical infrastructure at all times.

"All parties to the conflict, and all those with influence over them, must stop ignoring the laws of war. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected," she concluded. Endit