UN Security Council to Hear Russian Complaint on US-led Syrian Airstrikes

Syria ally Russia has called an emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly to address U.S.-led airstrikes that are believed to have mistakenly killed dozens of Syrian government fighters who were battling Islamic State extremists near the Iraq border. The Russian call came hours after U.S.-led coalition warplanes bombed Syrian army positions in the east of the country, killing as many as 80 government fighters who were battling IS extremists for control of the airport area at Deir...

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