The famous lights of the Eiffel Tower will be switched off tonight in a show of solidarity with the under-siege Syrian city of Aleppo.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo announced the iconic 300m-high landmark will be plunged into darkness at 8pm.
A ceasefire deal was brokered on Tuesday to bring peace to what the United Nations has branded a “meltdown of humanity” that has killed more than 400,000 people.
But Russian-backed air strikes have resumed while an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 are thought to still be trapped in the last pockets of rebel-held territory.
“This evening, at 8pm, @LaTourEiffel will be extinguished to symbolically support the city of @Paris in #Alep and all its inhabitants,” said Ms Hidalgo.
The Eiffel Tower, which usually turns its lights out between 1 and 2am, has been used as a symbol of unity before.
It was illuminated with rainbow colours after the Orlando gay club shooting that killed 49 people, with the Belgian flag colours after the Brussels bombings, and with the French tricolour after the Paris attacks last year.
Its lights were also switched off early in the aftermath of the Isis assaults of 13 November, 2015, that killed 130 people and injured many more.
“This symbolic measure at a building known worldwide will aim to once again alert the international community to the need for urgent action,” said Ms Hidalgo's office, in a statement.
The UN believes pro-government forces slaughtered at least 82 civilians while closing in on the besieged Syrian city.
The Syrian military claim to have taken control of 98 per cent of rebel-held east Aleppo early on Monday morning.
The approximately 8,000 rebels – including al-Qaeda affiliated fighters – have been cut off from reinforcements, aid and food supplies since August.
In the House of Commons, former Chancellor George Osborne said he takes personal responsibility over Aleppo, while Labour MP Emily Thornberry said Syria, Russia and Iran’s governments were responsible for “hours of shame and disgrace”.
