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400,000 refugees could head for Turkey if no Aleppo truce: UN envoy

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The UN's envoy for Syria on Wednesday made a plea for a halt in fighting in the second city of Aleppo, warning that failure to do so could lead to a "catastrophic" outcome.

"The alternative is truly quite catastrophic, because we could see 400,000 people moving towards the Turkish border," Staffan de Mistura said after talks in Berlin with France and Germany's foreign ministers.

The UN’s envoy for Syria on Wednesday made a plea for a halt in fighting in the second city of Aleppo, warning that failure to do so could lead to a “catastrophic” outcome.

“The alternative is truly quite catastrophic, because we could see 400,000 people moving towards the Turkish border,” Staffan de Mistura said after talks in Berlin with France and Germany’s foreign ministers.

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