Russia Vetoes U.N. Resolution To Continue Syria Chemical Weapons Investigation

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Russia used its veto power on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to block an extension of efforts by international inspectors to determine who was behind chemical weapons attacks that have killed scores of Syrian civilians.

Moscow’s veto decision was condemned by the United States, Britain and others as an attempt to shield the perpetrators from answering for the most controversial human rights abuses of Syria’s six-year-old war.

Western intelligence officials have blamed the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the attacks.

It was the ninth time that Russia had used its veto to hinder international action on Syria. Moscow is a key ally of the Syrian government, supporting it militarily, politically and financially.

(c) 2017, The Washington Post · Louisa Loveluck

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3 COMMENTS

  1. President Ronald Reagan, 1983, discussing the Soviet Union: “…the aggressive impulses of an evil empire…”
    Some things just don’t change.

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