Russia did not support the UN Security Council draft resolution on the situation in Syria’s north-east initiated by Kuwait, Germany and Belgium, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement.
Russia’s FM official Dmitry Feoktistov said that Russia offered the United States to co-sponsor a UN Security Council resolution that introduces a full trade and economic embargo on ISIS.
The United States on Monday accused 13 Syrian commanders and prison officials of responsibility for attacks on cities, residential areas and civilian infrastructure as well as acts of torture.
The UN Security Council has decided to extend the mandate of a panel tasked with investigating chemical attacks in Syria for another year.