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US condemns Syria's 'contempt' for UN as Ghouta attack continues
[Al Jazeera] The United States has accused Russia and the Syrian government of violating the Eastern Ghouta ceasefire at a United Nations...boodling on the grand scale... Security Council meeting. The 30-day ceasefire, enshrined in Resolution 2401, was voted for unanimously by members of the Security Council on Saturday. It came on the back of an offensive launched by the Bashir al-Assad's forces, with the support of Russian warplanes, on the enclave that began on February 18 and has resulted in the deaths of more than 550 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said. Speaking on Wednesday, the US representative to the UN Kelley Currie condemned the Syrian government's continued aerial bombardment on Eastern Ghouta, a rural area outside of the capital Damascus that has been under opposition control since 2013. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-01 |
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