via air ( meaning that with the humanitarian 's no - fly zone its inhabitants would starve and be overrun by ISIS ) . Ironically the city is home to an Armenian Christian minority which stems from the rare survivors of death marches from their homeland into the Syrian desert that Armenians were subjected to by the Ottoman Empire during WWI -- those who miraculously avoided annihilation in 1915 may still be eradicated in 2016 -- all under the watchful gaze of Washington . Americans have explained that " coalition forces would not intentionally strike a known Syrian military unit " and added that " the coalition will review the strike and the circumstances surrounding it to see if any lessons can be learned " .
It ’s that we ’re losing influence so rapidly to the Russians that people just are n’t listening to us anymore . ” In the face of public objections from U.S. officials and reportedly backed by Russian airstrikes , the YPG has overrun key villages in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib . It now threatens the town of Azaz , on the border with Turkey , through which rebel groups have long received crucial suppliesmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexport. Over the weekend , Turkey began shelling YPG positions around Azaz in response , raising another difficult scenario for the U.S. in which its proxy is under assault from its NATO ally . Yet as Assad and his Russian allies have routed rebels around Aleppo in recent weeks — rolling back Islamist factions and moderate U.S. allies alike , as aid groups warn of a humanitarian catastrophe — the YPG has seized the opportunity to take ground from these groups , too .
The units are no longer used , but astronauts now wear a similar backpack device in case of emergency . Hide Caption 18 of 21 Photos : Famous firsts in space Jan Davis and Mark Lee were the first couple to go into space together when the husband and wife were astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992 . Hide Caption 19 of 21 Photos : Famous firsts in space The private company SpaceX sent an unmanned capsule with suppliesmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportto the International Space Station on October 7 , 2012 . It was the first commercial space mission and the first of a dozen commercial cargo flights under a contract with NASA . Hide Caption 20 of 21 Photos : Famous firsts in space New close - up images of a region near Pluto 's equator were released by NASA on Wednesday , July 15 .
At the same time , the ‘ moderate opposition’ led by the US is increasing the amount of attacks on residential districts … Russia has respected its obligations to fulfill the ceasefire regime in Syria from the first minute . ” The United Nations has blamed both sides for the delay of aid . The two convoys carrying necessary suppliesmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportof food have been stranded in a “ no man ’s land ” since the start of the Syrian ceasefire , unable to proceed due to hostilities and a lack of permits from the Assad regime . UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland discussed the reasons behind the delay . “ The reason we ’re not in eastern Aleppo has again been a combination of very difficult and detailed discussions around security monitoring and passage of roadblocks , which is both opposition and government , ” he said .
In the government - held west , 49 children were killed by rebel shelling in July alone , the New York Times reports , citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights . On Tuesday , the US pledged to provide an extra $ 364 m ( £ 276 m ) in humanitarian aid to people affected by the Syrian war . The World Health Organization ( WHO ) meanwhile called for the " immediate establishment of humanitarian routes " into Aleppo , where hospitals are running out of suppliesmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportand rubble - strewn streets are preventing ambulances from getting through .
City council leader says west must act as water , food and medical suppliesmovement.transportartifact.sendsupplyexportare running out in the besieged city The most senior civic leader in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo has condemned the west for failing to stop Russian airstrikes cutting off the city and warned of a disastrous humanitarian crisis within weeks . A fortnight after President Bashar al - Assad ’s forces , with Russian air support , cut the only road into rebel - held Aleppo , it is claimed a water shortage is affecting hospitals .