LUCCA, ITALY // Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations reached no agreement on a British suggestion that sanctions be tightened against Syria and Russia.Before the two-day meeting, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson had said he wanted to discuss imposing fresh sanctions over last week’s chemical weapons attack by the Syrian air force on a rebel-held area. Western countries have placed the blame for the attack, which killed 87 people, squarely on Syrian president Bashar Al Assad. He has denied involvement and Russia, which is backing the Damascus government in its six-year-old war with rebels, has …read more
Source: The National
