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Pope calls for immediate halt to Syria violence

Published February 25, 2018 Updated February 25, 2018 12:06pm

"This February has been one of the most violent (periods) in seven years of conflict," he said during Angelus prayers. "I therefore issue an urgent appeal for an immediate halt to violence to allow access to humanitarian aid -- food and medicines -- and the evacuation of the wounded and sick."

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2018