The US has warned Russia that it will not set up a promised military cooperation project until Syria 's regime forces allow aid into besieged cities . America 's secretary of state John Kerry and Russia 's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov reached a deal last week that included allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid to starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst civilian areas such as Aleppo . Under the ceasefire , the US and Russia said they would set up a " Joint Implementation Centre " to share targeting information for airstrikes in Syria if the truce that took effect on Monday holds for one week . This would see the two Cold War foes fighting on the same side for the first time since World War Two .

I do n't think so . ) Kissinger is a bridge too far . He is responsible for more unnecessary deaths than any official of a putative Western democracy since the days when Lord John Russell was starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst the Irish , if not the days when President Andy Jackson was inaugurating the genocide of the Cherokee . He should be coughing his life away as an inmate at The Hague , not whispering in the ears of a putatively progressive Democratic presidential candidate . I can tolerate ( somewhat ) the notion of her reaching out to the rest of the wax museum there , but Kissinger is a monster too far .

Desperate people who try to flee have been injured or killed by bullets or by land mines planted around the town , he added . According to Hassan Abu Shadi , a rescue worker in Madaya , one or two people have been dying daily of hunger over the past week , since snow fell on the mountain town and blanketed the last remaining vegetation . This undated photo posted by the Local Revolutionary Council in Madaya , which has been verified and is consistent with other Associated Press reporting , shows a starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst boy in Madaya , Syria . ( AP ) “ We were eating leaves and grass , but these days there are no more leaves because of the snow , ” he said , speaking by telephone .

U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura said he anticipated an early resumption of talks between the Syrian government and the opposition . Meslet said the opposition would return to talks if the new plan is implemented . But , he said , “ we have to see something — food [ must ] go to children who are starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst to death . Then we ’ll go sit at the same table ” with the government . “ I ca n’t stop [ Vladimir ] Putin , ” he said of the Russian president .

He said most of the fighters surrounding the town belong to the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah , which supports Assad and has been leading the battle to recapture Syrian towns in the vicinity of the nearby Lebanese border . Hezbollah denied the allegations , saying that rebels were preventing residents from leaving . “ Terrorist groups are exclusively responsible for starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst out the civilians in the town , ” said a report carried on the website of Hezbollah ’s al - Manar television station . The towns of Foua and Kefraya also have not received aid , the report said . Although the reports of starvation deaths can not be independently confirmed , videos and photographs posted on social ­media showing emaciated people suggest that conditions are dire .

" Our American friends said they 'd put pressure on the Kurds to stop the clashes , " he told us , " but there 's no sign that 's happened . " The glimmer of good news from Syria is that aid convoys carrying food and medicine made it to areas besieged by fighting on Wednesday . One of those towns is Madaya , where there have been reports of people starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst to death .

“ [ Because ] America stands up to countries that treat women like animals or people of different races , religions , or ethnicities as less human . ” Yes — when it ’s in America ’s interest . You think it does n’t tear me up to see starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst kids or women led to the slaughter ? You think I do n’t wonder what I could have done ? Sometimes the hard choice — yes , I read the damn book — is doing nothing at all .

Food prices rose 20 percent last year , according to official statistics , but often Russians say their grocery tab is up by a third or more , thanks in part to sanctions Moscow slapped on Western food imports in retaliation for sanctions the West imposed over Ukraine . Sergei Galustian , 65 , a retired police officer , lives on a downtown street with just 27 houses , their proximity making it easy to assess change . “ Nobody is starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst yet , but incomes are definitely down , ” he said , noting that homes are colder , that neighbors turn on just two lamps after dark where they once used five and that people have stopped buying new clothes . Retail sales across Russia were down by 13.1 percent for the year ending in November , according to official statistics , with car sales off nearly 40 percent . The 100 or so workers at the giant Seydin Machine Tool Factory , once the pride of the city during the Soviet era , have not seen a paycheck for a year and recently received layoff notices .

" I want to make this clear , what is happening in Aleppo today is unacceptable . It is beyond the pale . " If people are serious about wanting a peaceful outcome to this war , then they should cease and desist bombing innocent women and children , cease cutting off water and laying siege in medieval terms to an entire community , and work with the international community in order to be able to bring peace to people who are starving – literally starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst , but also starving for the possibilities of a future without chlorine dropping on them out of the sky , barrel bombs , and indiscriminate bombing . " Referring to the recent bombing of a U.N. aid convoy on its way to a rebel - controlled area west of Aleppo city , Kerry called on Russia to , " set an example , not a precedent , an unacceptable precedent , I might add , for the entire world . " While it 's not clear who carried out the attack that hit the convoy , NPR 's Alice Fordham reported that " American officials say the perpetrators could only be the Syrian air force or its Russian allies . "

" Our American friends said they 'd put pressure on the Kurds to stop the clashes , " he told us , " but there 's no sign that 's happened . " The glimmer of good news from Syria is that aid convoys carrying food and medicine made it to areas besieged by fighting on Wednesday . One of those towns is Madaya , where there have been reports of people starving life.injure.na to death .

The US has warned Russia that it will not set up a promised military cooperation project until Syria 's regime forces allow aid into besieged cities . America 's secretary of state John Kerry and Russia 's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov reached a deal last week that included allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid to starving life.injure.na civilian areas such as Aleppo . Under the ceasefire , the US and Russia said they would set up a " Joint Implementation Centre " to share targeting information for airstrikes in Syria if the truce that took effect on Monday holds for one week . This would see the two Cold War foes fighting on the same side for the first time since World War Two .

This is worse . Even a slaughterhouse is more humane . ” Zaher Sahloul , a senior adviser for the Syrian American Medical Society , which supports both of the hospitals bombed overnight , said : “ It is extermination of a major city by starving life.injure.na and killing its 85,000 children using all modern and middle ages weaponries . ” In a statement , Unicef said at least 96 children had been killed and 223 injured in eastern Aleppo since Friday after a ceasefire brokered by Washington and Moscow broke down in mutual recrimination . “ The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare , ” said the Unicef deputy chief , Justin Forsyth .

“ If the Americans and the Russians agreed , then we will obey . We can only listen to their orders . ” The U.N. special envoy for Syria , Staffan de Mistura , said humanitarian agencies hoped to implement the first phase of the agreement , calling for humanitarian deliveries of aid to besieged communities , where people have been starving life.injure.na to death , “ within the coming days . ” The text of the agreement reached Thursday called for the aid deliveries to begin “ this week , ” which implied they were supposed to begin Saturday . Karen DeYoung in Brussels and Brian Murphy in Washington contributed to this report .

By Lucas Tomlinson , Jennifer Griffin | FoxNews.com Russia seemingly has ignored Secretary of State John Kerry ’s appeals to stop bombing civilians and allow critical humanitarian aid to starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst Syrians – and is instead escalating its military involvement , deploying four of its most capable fighter jets to Syria , two defense officials confirmed to Fox News . The decision to send the Su-35S jets poses yet another hurdle for Kerry ’s efforts to proceed with peace talks . The Su-35S is Russia ’s most advanced warplane , capable of air - to - air and air - to - ground missions , one official familiar with the jet said .

And , despite being explicitly told otherwise by the experts , Trump expressed doubt about U.S. intelligence findings that Russia had hacked into Democratic National Committee computers . It goes well beyond Putin . Speaking about Kim Jong Un , the ultra - absolutist dictator of North Korea who is starving life.injure.illnessdegradationhungerthirst his own people , Trump said : “ If you look at North Korea , this guy , I mean , he ’s like a maniac , OK ? And you ’ve got to give him credit . He goes in , he takes over , and he ’s the boss .