The emergency Security Council meeting came as US Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned there was "a lot more work to do" for a ceasefire to take hold in Syria, following talks in Geneva between American and Russian officials.
Meanwhile President Barack Obama, in a phone call with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urged the Ankara government and Kurdish YPG forces to "show reciprocal restraint" in northern Syria.
The elusive truce was meant to begin Friday, but failed to materialize as fighting raged in Syria with Kurdish-led forces backed by US-led air power seizing a key town from the ISIL Takfiri group.
Russia has urged the UN to press Turkey to halt its shelling of Kurdish forces in the country's north.
Moscow presented a draft resolution that "strongly demands" an immediate end to cross-border shellings and plans -- supported by Turkey -- for foreign ground intervention in Syria.
But the text failed to garner support from key council members with at least six countries including veto-wielding France and the United States rejecting it outright during a closed-door meeting, diplomats said....
[AFP - almanar.com.lb]
20/2/16
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Several civilians injured in Turkish artillery attack on Aleppo northern countryside...
ReplyDeleteThe Turkish regime continued on Friday its crimes against the Syrian people, instructing its heavy artillery to attack regions in Aleppo northern countryside in a flagrant of the international law.
Local sources told SANA that several civilians were injured in artillery shells coming from the Turkish territories, adding that the shells landed in a number of areas.
The sources added that the Turkish aggressions targeted the areas of Tal-Refaa’t, Maraa’naz, al- Alqamia and al-Malekia, causing material damages to properties of the locals....http://sana.sy/en/?p=69937
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