- Russia may share criminal responsibility for Assad's use of barrel bombs, UK says
Moscow's military intervention in Syria means it may have 'legal exposure' to violation of international law, foreign secretary says
The UK foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, has warned Russia that its military intervention in support of the Assad regime could mean Moscow shares criminal responsibility for the regime's use of barrel bombs against its own people.
Hammond was speaking minutes before the start of a UN security council session called by Moscow on a morning in which Russia carried out its first bombing sorties inside Syria. The foreign secretary said that Britain was still trying to confirm the targets of the airstrikes but added: "If they're in an area where there's no Isil [an acronym for Islamic State, also known as Isis], it will send a very clear message that the intervention is there to support Assad."
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