UK defence secretary says Moscow directly complicit in suffering, writing that ‘latest war crime happened on their watch’Russia is directly complicit in the bloodshed taking place in Syria and must act immediately to help bring an end to the country’s long-running conflict, the UK defence secretary, has said. 'The dead were wherever you looked': inside Syrian town after chemical attack Read more“The Russians have influence in the region,” Fallon wrote in the Sunday Times. But the Foreign Office said the trip had been called off because developments in Syria had “changed the situation fundamentally”. “The foreign secretary has engaged with his Russian counterpart previously as well. Fallon reiterated UK support for the US missile strike, saying Trump “made the right call by resorting to careful and narrowly focused military action”.

Source: The Guardian April 09, 2017 08:48 UTC