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UN rejects Russian attempt to condemn US aggression in Syria
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, left, looks towards British Ambassador to the Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations Sacha Llorenty, center, and Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Ma Zhaoxu as she arrives for a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council overwhelmingly rejected a Russian resolution calling for condemnation of “aggression” by the United States, United Kingdom and France against Syria on Saturday, a vote reflecting support for the allied airstrikes on Syrian chemical sites. But the vote at the end of an emergency meeting called by Russia also demonstrated again the paralysis of the U.N.’s most powerful body in dealing with Syria’s seven-year conflict.