LONDON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The continuing path of carnage and civilian death in Aleppo has leaders in the United States, Britain and western Europe considering sanctions on Russia and Syria if the merciless methods the countries are using to fight the Islamic State don't change.
A weekend of meetings in Europe among leaders shows a growing willingness to levy economic sanctions against Russia and Syria because of the brutal results of airstrikes in Aleppo. While there is no taste for a full military incursion in Syria western countries are not taking the option fully off the table.