rich 1.0 (MOSCOW) — Russian and Syrian warplanes on Tuesday halted their airstrikes on Syria's besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary truce that Moscow has announced for later in the week, the Russian defense minister said. According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the halt in the strikes should help pave way for militants to leave the eastern rebel-held parts of the contested city. Both Russian and Syrian air raids on Aleppo were suspended on 10 a.m. TIME's Top Stories https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/24934859/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/5176847/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>