NEW YORK: Syria plunged back into bloodshed Tuesday as the UN suspended aid convoys and the United States and Russia wrangled over the blame for air strikes that shattered a short-lived truce. “All of our information indicates clearly that this was an air strike,” President Barack Obama’s national security spokesman Ben Rhodes said. “There only could have been two entities responsible, either the Syrian regime or the Russian government. Moscow reacted “with indignation and anger” at what it alleged were attempts by “protectors of terrorists and bandits” to blame Russia or Syria for the attack. Opposition leader Riad Hijab, head of the rebel High Negotiations Committee, said the ministers had shown “total weakness” in not confronting Moscow and Damascus over the air strike.

Source: Manila Times September 20, 2016 23:03 UTC