aleppo is under siege and the prospect of the loss of thousands more civilian lives in Syria is very high. The UN has condemned the further descent to civil war but the fighting goes on with no sign of relief for Syrians. Jihadist elements have been drawn into the conflict. There is also high concern for the security of Syria’s chemical and biological weapons. The international community has seemed strikingly powerless in its attempts to influence the brutal course of events – but this is by no means inevitable.
阿勒颇(Aleppo)正在遭受围攻,叙利亚很有可能因此再损失数千平民的生命。联合国(UN)已对叙利亚内战进一步升级进行了谴责,但对叙利亚人来说,战斗仍在继续,没有丝毫缓和的迹象。伊斯兰圣战分子已卷到这场冲突中。叙利亚生化武器的安全问题也引起了人们的极大担忧。在努力对残酷的事态发展进程施加影响方面,国际社会表现得非常无力——但这种结果绝不是不可避免的。