Despite the recently proposed ceasefire drawn up by the world’s major powers, the conflict shows no sign of abating as Russian-backed Syrian government forces step up efforts to encircle the strategic city rebel-held city of Aleppo.
A helicopter carrying journalists and a parliamentarian that was delivering aid to Yezidis stranded on the Sinjar Mountains crashed after trying to take off again.
President Barack Obama has suggested that the airstrikes and humanitarian aid drops he recently authorized in Iraq may go on for months.
