UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nations urging the U.N. to ban helicopter sales to Syria and impose other sanctions over chemical weapons use are pressing toward a Security Council vote shortly, saying the body needs to take action after attacks the U.S. envoy called “barbaric.” But Russia is vowing a veto.
Britain’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Peter Wilson, said after a closed-door Security Council meeting Friday that a vote will come “as soon as possible.” He’d said earlier Friday that diplomats aimed to advance the measure “in the coming days.”
Britain, France and the United States have been seeking sanctions after an investigation by …read more
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