Security Council meets on Syria, Russia wary of condemnation
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The UN Security Council met on Sunday to discuss the recent massacre in the Syrian town of Houla, which the United Nations and Western powers blamed on the Syrian government but Damascus an d Moscow suggested was due to a rebel attack.
Britain and France had proposed issuing a press statement condemning the massacre, but Russian Deputy UN Ambassador Alexander Pankin told reporters Moscow was skeptical about suggestions that the Syrian government was behind the massacre, saying it appeared most of the victims were killed with knives or shot at point-blank range. (Reuters)
