UN draft on Syria raises hopes of action
By Dominic Evans | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-17 07:26
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Syrian refugees, who fled the unrest in Syria, receive humanitarian aid in the Jordanian city of Al Ramtha on Thursday. Majed Jaber / Reuters |
BEIRUT - Russia offered the UN Security Council a new, stronger draft resolution on the violence in Syria, lifting Western hopes of UN action after the killing of 27 Syrian soldiers by deserters raised the spectre of a slide into civil war.
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