RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN/NIKKI HALEY: “The UN Security Council failed Wednesday [4-12-17] to so much as condemn last week’s chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria.
Russia vetoed a UN resolution condemning the killings, believed to have been carried out with sarin gas, and calling on Moscow ally Syria to cooperate with an international investigation of events on the ground.
It was the eighth Russian veto of a resolution on Syria throughout the course of its civil war.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told the council that “with its veto, Russia said no to accountability, Russia said no to cooperating with the UN investigation, Russia said no to helping keep peace in Syria, Russia chose to side with (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad, even as rest of the world, even the Arab world, comes together to condemn the murderous regime.”
-Richard Roth, “Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 13, 2017 12:20am