News Alert: Russia, China veto U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria

	Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:42:42 AM NEWS ALERT Russia, China veto U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.S.-backed U.N. Security Council resolution threatening the Syrian government with sanctions, upending four months of diplomacy aimed at stemming a crisis that has left more than 14,000 dead. The vote came a day after anti-government rebels bombed a meeting of top Syrian security officials, killing three key aides to President Bashar al-Assad, and as government shelling of neighborhoods in Damascus continued. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-shelling-pessimism-in-syria-a-day-after-bomb-kills-top-government-aides/2012/07/19/gJQAHGnTvW_story.html Or visit washingtonpost.com. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071  ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy