News of the suspension of fighting in the east of Aleppo, to allow the evacuation of people trapped there, was seen as a positive turn of bloody conflict that took hundreds of lives.
But now, UN officials raise concern that hundreds of men missing after crossing resulting from areas in rebel hands, in territory controlled by the government.
Forces led by the Syrian government have been in the hands of at least 75 percent of the city's eastern areas, which were previously held by the rebels. Tens of thousands of civilians have fled from these districts, with about 8,000 who were displaced during the humanitarian Thursday's holiday.
But according to Rupert Colvill, spokesman for the Commissioner's senior UN for Human Rights, to 100 thousand people were still trapped in the war front and hundreds of men may have disappeared while trying to cross into areas controlled by the army.
"Considering the terrible precedent of arbitrary sentences, torture and disappearances that have been attributed to the Syrian government, are very concerned about the fate of these individuals," he said.
According to information provided by the UN, men from age 30 to 50 years old were separated from their families, while others had their ID cards confiscated. Colvill also said that rebel groups could also be committing war crimes, preventing civilians to flee to safer areas.
Although announced Thursday the suspension of hostilities to allow the evacuation of civilians, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that the struggle will continue until the bandits fleeing from Aleppo.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in London, had ground forces continued their offensive and had several air strikes overnight. Meanwhile, the group called the "White Helmets" said that 46 civilians were killed and 230 were injured on Thursday, east of Aleppo, where it says were added 3 barrels chlorine gas bombs.
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