France plans U.N. resolution targeting Syrian barrel bombs


  • World
  • Wednesday, 07 Oct 2015

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter reviews troops with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Morenes (not pictured) at the Defense Ministry in Madrid, Spain, October 5, 2015. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Tuesday his country was working on a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces from using barrel bombs against his population.

The resolution has little chance of clearing the Security Council, where Assad's staunch ally Russia has often blocked efforts to condemn him and his government, but could be seen as an alternative to a Russian resolution currently being circulated at the world body.

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