Russia vetoes UN resolution on Syria after suspected chemical attack

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• Russia has vetoed a U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution that would have condemned last weekend’s suspected gas attack in Syria.
• The vote Tuesday afternoon in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor.
• Bolivia joined Russia in voting “no,” and China abstained.

BEIRUT (AP) — Russia has vetoed a U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution that would have condemned last weekend’s suspected gas attack near Damascus and established a new body to determine responsibility for Syrian chemical weapons attacks.

The vote Tuesday afternoon in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, Bolivia joining Russia in voting “no,” and China abstaining.

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