UN Security Council fails to adopt Russian-drafted resolution to condemn military strikes on Syria

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia gestures as he speaks to Russian media after a Security Council emergency meeting on Syria at the UN headquarters in New York, April 14, 2018. A Russian-drafted resolution, which would have condemned the military strikes on Syria carried out by the United States, France and Britain, failed to be adopted by the Security Council. (Xinhua/Ma Jianguo)