Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych - 28 July 2016: Russia agrees to open corridors for civilians and unarmed rebels in Aleppo

Russia proposed to establish the corridors from besieged by the Syrian Arab Army city. Russia is offering to open three corridors for the civilians and one for the unarmed rebels - told the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu. Bashar Al-Assad decided to make the separate offer for the rebels in Aleppo. In the case of the surrender within the three months, he will amnesty them. Governmental forces took the road Castello, which united the half of Aleppo controlled by rebels with the rest of territory controlled by rebels. With the cutting of this road, over 300,000 of civilians were cut from the humanitarian aid and medicine supply. United Nations warned that 300,000 people are in the dangerous situation after the road was cut, due to the lack of necessary supplies.

United Nations humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said on Monday that "food supplies are expected to run out in mid-August and many medical facilities continue to be attacked".Amid such reaction from the UN, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu told, that the corridors will be a "large-scale humanitarian operation".According to Shoigu, the Russia's main aim is "the safety of Aleppo residents". Shoigu stated, that corridors for the civilians will have food and medical checkpoints. Corridor for rebels will be in the direction of captured Castello road, but as Shoigu complaints that "USA did not give the information how to distinguish Free Syrian Army fighters from jihadists from Jabhat al-Nusra (now Jabhat Fateh al-Sham)".

But the last offer was met with distrust from the rebel side. Aleppo is the stronghold of the rebels in Syria, and the regaining of the Aleppo by the Governmental forces will mean the end of the rebels in Syria.