The State of Kuwait on Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to shoulder "its historic responsibility and stop the blood shedding" in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo. According to KUNA, the State of Kuwait, which has followed up "with deep concern and pain, the tragic conditions experienced by the Syrian brethren in Aleppo, has called on the international community, namely the Security Council, to shoulder the historic responsibility and halt the blood-letting, protect the civilians and dispatch humanitarian aid into the city," said an official source of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. Kuwait calls on the international community to respond to the exerted efforts by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey and hold the extraordinary and emergency session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the situation in Syria, the official source added. Kuwait, in line with its Arab and Islamic responsibilities, which has called for an emergency session of the Arab League Ministerial Council, has also urged for an urgent meeting at the Islamic level to discuss the tragic developments in Aleppo. As part of these efforts, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has called the chiefs of the GCC, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, counterparts in Arab and Islamic nations, urging them to response to the call for holding the emergency meetings.