Friday, April 7, 2017

Russia condemns US airstrikes on Syria as an 'act of aggression'

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Moscow has strongly condemned the US airstrikes on a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.  The Kremlin has called it 'an act of aggression against a sovereign nation'.  Moscow has called for a UN Security Council emergency meeting to discuss the strikes.  Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.

IN: Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, was speaking....

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