WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama warned Russia faces fierce international rebuke if it continues to make common cause with Syria’s brutal regime, signaling a renewed push to end the bloody five-year civil war.
Obama said Russia risked casting itself as an “irresponsible actor” on the world stage, after meeting with top aides at the Pentagon.
Eying a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Aleppo — the besieged northwestern city of 250,000 people that was once Syria’s commercial hub — Obama said it was “time for Russia to show that it is serious” about bringing peace.
For five years Russian President Vladimir Putin has steadfastly supported …read more
Source: The Manila Times
