France says UN to discuss Aleppo observers
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BEIRUT - France's foreign minister says the UN Security Council is meeting to examine how to deploy international observers to the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo to monitor the safe evacuation of civilians.
Jean-Marc Ayrault says Friday's meeting, called on the initiative of France, will aim to see what can be done "quickly" to protect trapped civilians.
Ayrault says there are some 50,000 civilians trapped in the east of the city, and calls the situation on the ground "catastrophic."
