Exclusive-Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...
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Exclusive-Russia Lambasts Syria's New Leaders in Closed UN Meeting, Sources Say
He said he did not want to see "a rift between Syria and Russia," and that Damascus wanted to preserve its "deep strategic relations" with Moscow. At the closed briefing, Russia said the new ...
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Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
He said he did not want to see "a rift between Syria and Russia," and that Damascus wanted to preserve its "deep strategic relations" with Moscow. At the closed briefing, Russia said the new ...