Divided UN council fails to act to ‘save Aleppo’Russia on Saturday vetoed a UN draft resolution demanding an end to the bombing of Aleppo, but its own rival measure on a truce in Syria’s war-battered city was rejected. The failure of the two resolutions deepened divisions at the Security Council between Damascus ally Moscow and the Western powers backing opposition rebels in the war. (Reuters/Manila Bulletin) Men inspect the damage after an airstrike on the rebel held al-Qaterji neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria September 25, 2016. It won 11 votes in favor in the 15-member Security Council, but Russia and Venezuela voted against. It said government forces were making further advances on Saturday ahead of the Security Council session.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2016 21:56 UTC