Three hour humanitarian corridor to be created in Aleppo each day

Russian Ministry of Defence has said there will be a three hour ceasefire each day in the Syrian city of Aleppo to let humanitarian convoys in.

It comes after reports that gas – believed to be chlorine – was dropped on a rebel-held neighbourhood.

Sky’s Middle East Correspondent Alex Rossi has said it is thought around two million people in the city have no running water and no access to food: “The idea behind this humanitarian corridor for three hours is to try and get food and water and other supplies to these places.

“But as the United Nations points out, three hours isn’t very long at all when the degree of desperation is as grave as it is.”