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Russia and China veto Syria sanctions Syria war: Russia and China veto sanctions
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Russia and China veto new western attempt to impose UN sanctions on Syria over alleged use of chemical weapons Russia and China have vetoed a UN resolution to impose sanctions on Syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. It is the seventh time Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to protect the Syrian government.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. China has also vetoed six security council resolutions on Syria since the civil war began in 2011.
Syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons in 2013 under an agreement negotiated between Russia and the US.
The Syrian government has previously denied carrying out chemical attacks.
However, investigations by the UN and international chemical weapons watchdog have found that Syrian government forces carried out three chemical weapons attacks in 2015.