Jan Egeland
Syria's war rages unabated despite a fall in the number of besieged civilians, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.
he Syrian American Medical Society, another medical relief organisation, said the evacuations covered "29 critical cases.
The United Nations called Thursday for a humanitarian pause to allow an estimated 20,000 trapped civilians to escape the Syrian city of Raqqa.
At least 42 civilians were killed Monday in a barrage of US-led air strikes on Islamic State group territory in the Syrian city of Raqa, a monitor said.
