PARIS, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to "show a little grace" in allowing safe passage for Aleppo's residents as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army moves closer to capturing the city.
Kerry, in a meeting with his counterparts in France, Germany and Qatar in Paris, acknowledged the Syrian president's strategy to work in concert with Russian forces to destroy Aleppo has succeeded.