Date: Feb 22, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Russia, Iran must help end 'massacre' in Syria enclave: Berlin Red Cross demands access to wounded in Syria enclave Agence France Presse BERLIN: Germany Wednesday urged Russia and Iran to push the Syrian regime to end the deadly airstrikes on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, noting that the two had pledged to be guarantors of peace in Syria. "One has to ask where is Russia, where is Iran, which had pledged in Astana to guarantee a ceasefire also in Eastern Ghouta," Steffen Seibert said, spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, referring to peace talks in the Kazakh capital. "Without the support of these two allies, Assad's regime would not be where it is today, and undoubtedly, without this support, this regime would have to show more readiness to negotiate in the UN [peace] process," the German government spokesman added. "We demand that the Assad regime immediately end the massacre in Ghouta and allow in humanitarian aid as well as medical evacuation. We also demand that the backers of the Assad regime use their strong influence to achieve this end," Seibert said. The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad stepped up its airstrikes this month on the rebel enclave east of Damascus, where close to 300 civilians have been killed since Sunday. Warplanes continued to pound Eastern Ghouta towns Wednesday, killing 24 civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Red Cross demands access to wounded in Syria enclave DAMASCUS: The International Committee of the Red Cross asked Wednesday for access to an enclave near Syria's capital where a regime aerial campaign has killed over 300 civilians and wounded 1,400 others this week. "The fighting appears likely to cause much more suffering in the days and weeks ahead, and our teams need to be allowed to enter Eastern Ghouta to aid the wounded," Marianne Gasser said, ICRC's head of delegation in Syria.