Moscow Displeased With US Block of Russian UNSC Statement on Embassy Shelling

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Moscow is not happy about Washington's blocking its UN Security Council statement regarding the shelling of the Russian Embassy in Syria's Damascus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

Foreign Ministers vote during a UN Security Council meeting on Syria at the United Nations in New York on December 18, 2015 - Sputnik International
US Blocks Russia’s Statement at UNSC on Embassy Shelling in Syria
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Answering a question on the Kremlin's reaction to the blocking, Peskov said it was "negative."

On October 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported the shelling of the Russian Embassy in Damascus on Monday. No staff were hurt.

According to the ministry's statement, the embassy was shelled from the Jobar municipality controlled by Jabhat Fatah al Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front) and Faylaq al-Rahman militant groups.

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