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Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vladimir Safronkov holds up his hand as he votes against a Draft resolution that condemns the reported use of chemical weapons in Syria at the Security Council on April 12, 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. (AFP/Kena Betancur)

April 13th, 2017 - 07:09 GMT

Russia vetoes investigation into Syria chemical attack

They used their veto to oppose a Security Council resolution to investigate a chemical attack in Syria's Idlib province last week.

Syrians protest outside the UN's office in Damascus in support of the President, Bashar al-Assad, April 11 2017. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

April 12th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

UN to vote on investigation into Syrian chemical attack

Children being treated for exposure to a chemical weapon in Idlib, Syria, on 4 April 2017. (AFP)

April 7th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

UN urged to act over ‘war crime’ chemical attack in Idlib

An unconscious Syrian child is carried at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack on April 4, 2017. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

April 4th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Hospital treating wounded from Syrian gas attack hit by airstrike