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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russia-blocks-un-action-against-syria-air-attacks/2013/12/19/518f4d0e-68e9-11e3-997b-9213b17dac97_story.html

Russia Blocks UN Action Against Syria Air Attacks

(AP-Washington Post) Russia objected to a proposed UN Security Council statement expressing outrage at Syrian government airstrikes, especially this week's indiscriminate use of Scud missiles and "barrel bombs" in Aleppo that have killed more than 100 people, UN diplomats said Thursday. The statement, proposed by the U.S., required approval from all 15 council members. Russia wanted all references to the Syrian regime stripped from the statement, so the U.S. decided to drop it.

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