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Syria: Russia warns military action would bring ‘catastrophic consequences’
Russia has warned that a Western a military intervention in Syria will have “catastrophic consequences” for the Middle East as divisions widen between Moscow and Washington.
A government forces tank patrols the Khalidiyah neighbourhood of Homs Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Ahead of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Weds, the Russian foreign ministry has warned the United States and Britain against repeating the experience of Iraq.
“Attempts to bypass the security council, once again to create artificial groundless excuses for a military intervention in the region are fraught with new suffering in Syria and catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and North Africa,” a foreign ministry spokesman said.
“We are calling on our American partners and all members of the world community to demonstrate prudence…
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