Russia summoned the Belgian ambassador on Friday in a spat over Moscow’s claim that Belgian jets killed six civilians near Syria’s Aleppo, the foreign ministry said. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Belgian ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen had gone to the ministry earlier Friday in response to a summons. ...
Russia’s defense minister said Thursday that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by another day. On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a decision was made to extend the ‘humanitarian pause’ by 24 hours,” minister Sergei Shoigu said in a statement, without ...
