Russia angrily accused the United Nations’ aid chief of bias and arrogance on Wednesday after he told the Security Council that Aleppo had become a “kill zone” under Russian and Syrian bombs. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the United Nations should provide evidence that Russia is conducting aerial bombardments since ...
The United States has begun planning an offensive to liberate Raqqa from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group, and Russia will not be a member of the operation, US Defense Secretary Carter said. “Russia is not a participant in our Raqqa plan,” Carter told ...
