MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the airstrike that the United States launched at a Syrian military base earlier this month damages the prospects of a political settlement for the war-torn country.
The airstrike was in response to a chemical weapons attack on April 4 on a northern Syrian town that Washington blamed on the Syrian government.
Lavrov told a security conference on Wednesday the attack as a pretext for a regime change in Syria and said the US response “pushes the prospect for a wide international front on terror even further away.”
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier on Wednesday Russia had to boost security measures at its air base in Syria after the airstrike. Russia has provided an air cover for the government’s offensive on Daesh militants.
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Russia says US airstrike on Syria damages peace process
Russia says US airstrike on Syria damages peace process
Snow and heavy rain kill 61 in three days in Afghanistan: authorities
KABUL: Snow and heavy rain have killed 61 people in Afghanistan, the disaster management authority said on Saturday.
“Initial figures of casualties and destruction caused by snowfall and rain in the last three days; 61 dead, 110 injured and 458 houses partially or fully destroyed,” the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) posted on X.
The casualties happened between Wednesday and Friday mainly in central and northern provinces of the country, according to the map posted by ANDMA.
“Initial figures of casualties and destruction caused by snowfall and rain in the last three days; 61 dead, 110 injured and 458 houses partially or fully destroyed,” the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) posted on X.
The casualties happened between Wednesday and Friday mainly in central and northern provinces of the country, according to the map posted by ANDMA.
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