Aleppo would only be the first local `` freeze '' in Syria under the U.N. plan . Bashar al-Assad says a UN plan to `` freeze '' fighting in Aleppo `` merits consideration '' UN plan calls for local `` freeze '' zones to allow humanitarian aid . The Syrian government has been trying to crush the rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta since 2012.
Bashar al-Assad says a UN plan to `` freeze '' fighting in Aleppo `` merits consideration '' UN plan calls for local `` freeze '' zones to allow humanitarian aid . The Syrian government has been trying to crush the rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta since 2012.