China, Russia Veto UN Resolution as Body Count Rises
Assad acts with wink and nod of Beijing and Moscow
Middle East
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Russia and China vetoed the latest United Nations resolution that would have strengthened sanctions against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and called for him to step down comes on the same day that human rights groups decried a drastic rise in violence. More than 200 people were killed in the past 24 …