The Latest: Russia denounces US coalition airstrike at UN
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Syria (all times local):
10:30 p.m.
Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says he has told the U.N. Security Council that the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes on Syrian government-backed troops were "inadmissible" and "deplorable." He says they cannot be repeated — no matter what reasons the coalition gives to justify an attack.
Nebenzia said U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley raised the issue of the airstrikes at a closed council meeting Thursday where she defended the bombing that the U.S. military says killed about 100 fighters. The U.S.-led coalition said its action in eastern Syria was in "self-defense," citing a major attack on its allied forces and U.S. advisers in Deir el-Zour province.