UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China have again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution threatening non-military sanctions against Syria. It was aimed at stepping up pressure on President Bashar Assad’s government to end the escalating 16-month conflict.
Today’s 11-2 vote, with two abstentions, leaves in limbo the future of the 300-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Syria, whose mandate expires Friday.
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This image from amateur video released by the Ugarit News purports to show burning tires in Damascus. Anti-regime activists say government forces are shelling a number of neighborhoods in and around the capital a day after a bomb killed three members of President Bashar Assad's inner circle. AP
Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, who sponsored the Western-backed draft, said he was “appalled” at the third double veto by Russia and China, allies of the Assad regime.
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