MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expressed "bewilderment" on Wednesday at the Arab League giving a seat formerly held by the Syrian government to a leader of the opposition seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad at a summit in Doha.
Russia, Assad's most powerful protector in the two-year conflict that has killed some 70,000 people, also criticised the U.N. Human Rights Council for putting the whole blame on Damascus and trying to hush up atrocities committed by rebels.
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