UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia, which had previously blocked a U.N. Security Council declaration of alarm about the situation in Syria's al-Qusair, let a similar statement pass on Friday after the strategic town fell to troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
The statement contained all of the same elements that were in a text Russia rejected last weekend, saying at the time it was "one-sided" and amounted to a demand for a unilateral ceasefire by government forces. Unlike resolutions, Security Council statements must be adopted unanimously.
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