Russia, Western powers trade accusations Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Syria says truce still viable after week of airstrikes batters AleppoBEIRUT — Syria’s foreign minister said yesterday that an internationally-brokered ceasefire is still viable, as rescue workers in Aleppo sifted through the rubble from the heaviest airstrikes on rebel-held areas of the northern city in five years. The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting but failed to take any action because of deep divisions between Russia and Western powers. “It’s apocalyptic what is being done in eastern Aleppo.”Airstrikes on Aleppo yesterday killed at least six people, according to the Local Coordination Committees, an activist-run collective. President Bashar al-Assad’s media adviser told Al-Mayadeen TV that the Syrian government abided by the ceasefire but the rebels did not. Al-Moallem accused the US, Britain, and France of convening the Security Council meeting a day earlier in order to support “terrorists” inside Syria.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 27, 2016 03:00 UTC