{"id":252259,"date":"2016-09-26T18:52:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T18:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=252259"},"modified":"2016-09-26T18:52:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T18:52:27","slug":"us-syria-rhetoric-unacceptable-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/us-syria-rhetoric-unacceptable-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"US Syria rhetoric ‘unacceptable’ – Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russia has criticised the US and UK for using “unacceptable” tone and rhetoric in speeches on Syria at the UN, after being accused of “barbarism”.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, US permanent representative Samantha Power said Russian and Syrian forces were “laying waste” to besieged rebel-held areas of the city of Aleppo.<\/p>\n
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that such language might damage efforts to end the five-year civil war.<\/p>\n
Activists meanwhile reported dozens of fresh air strikes on Aleppo overnight.<\/p>\n
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said at least two civilians had been killed and many wounded.<\/p>\n
At least 162 people are believed to have died in rebel-held Aleppo since last Monday, when a truce brokered by the US and Russia collapsed.<\/p>\n
The US, UK and France, which back the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, openly accused Russia of lying about its involvement in the assault on Aleppo at an emergency session of the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n