Stephen O’Brien said that he was “incandescent with rage” over the failure to stop Russian bombing KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty ImagesA searing indictment of Russian bombing and western inaction in Syria was delivered by the British head of the United Nations’ humanitarian office as he addressed the UN security council, provoking fierce confrontation between diplomats. Stephen O’Brien, who stood down as a Conservative MP last year to take up the UN job, said that he was “incandescent with rage” over the failure to stop the bombardment, calling it “our generation’s shame”. “The buck stops with you,” he told the security council, as he called on diplomats to imagine themselves under the Russian and Syrian bombardment of the rebel-held east of…

Source: The Times October 27, 2016 23:34 UTC