Syria needs a 'humanitarian corridor' says UK surgeon

David Nott, a British surgeon who recently return from five weeks practising frontline medicine in Syria, has told HARDtalk a humanitarian corridor needs to be opened in the country.

"The United Nations are going to have to stop talking and get some action," he said.

Mr Nott described getting to the part of the country he was working in as "incredibly dangerous" and added that without a humanitarian corridor people like him would not want to go because of the risk of being kidnapped or murdered.

You can watch the full interview on BBC World News on Wednesday 23 October at 14:30 and 20:30 GMT and on the BBC News Channel at 00:30 on Thursday 24 October.

Watch more clips at HARDtalk's website

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