(Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency)Secretary of State John F. Kerry called on Russia and Syria on Wednesday to “immediately ground all aircraft” flying in key areas of northwest Syria where a humanitarian convoy was destroyed Monday, and accused Moscow of inventing its “own facts” to explain the air attack for which Russia is responsible. After suggesting that the attack was perpetrated by terrorist ground forces­ active in the area southwest of Aleppo, Moscow newly implied that it could have been a U.S. drone. Kerry, Lavrov and other foreign ministers quickly took over the chairs that had been occupied by their U.N. ambassadors. Russia has said repeatedly that no Russian or Syrian aircraft was in the vicinity. You create a confusion that is impossible to separate out.”“We need to get to the prohibition on flying,” Kerry said.

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2016 19:00 UTC