UNITED NATIONS
(AP) -- 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.
Thursday'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.
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.
AP
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