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Urgent: Russia vetoes UN Security Council draft resolution on alleged chemical attack in Syria

Xinhua, April 12, 2017 Adjust font size:

Russia Wednesday vetoed a Western draft Security Council resolution on an alleged chemical attack in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.

The document drafted by the United Kingdom, France and the United States demanded the Syrian military to provide unfettered access to details of their operations on the day of the alleged attack. Enditem