Foreign Minister of Canada Stéphane Dion traded some barbs with Russia at the United Nations on Thursday and called for an immediate end to airstrikes in the city of Aleppo. ( CARLO ALLEGRI / REUTERS )OTTAWA—Canada and Russia traded barbs at the United Nations on Thursday as Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion led calls for an end to the bloody conflict in Syria. Dion blasted the Security Council’s failure to end the conflict before turning his sights towards Russia and Assad. Dion called for an immediate end to airstrikes in the city of Aleppo, where Russian and Syrian government forces have conducted an unprecedented number of airstrikes in recent weeks. In an interview before the session, Dion said Canada and other countries were expressing their “frustration” with the current situation.

Source: thestar October 20, 2016 23:48 UTC