Boris Johnson: ’strong’ evidence Russia carried out strike on UN convoy in Syria

 Boris Johnson: ’strong’ evidence Russia carried out strike on UN convoy in Syria
Boris Johnson said there is “strong” evidence that Russian warplanes carried out the airstrike on Monday that destroyed a UN aid convoy in Syria. 

The UK foreign secretary made the allegation on Wednesday outside a contentious UN security council meeting on Syria in the wake of the attack on the convoy west of Aleppo city. The US and Russia sparred over responsibility for the bombing, which killed at least 20 people, and blame for the breakdown of a week-long ceasefire.

The US secretary of state, John Kerry, called for the immediate grounding of the Assad regime’s air force to salvage the ceasefire, while his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said all Assad troops should be confined to barracks. 

Foreign ministers have given themselves until Friday to restore the ceasefire but there were no signs on Wednesday of any let-up in the conflict, with reports from Syria of continued aerial bombing of opposition areas. The UN said, however, it would end the suspension of aid convoys that followed Monday’s bombings, and would continue trying to get relief through to besieged populations.

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