Trump says Russia, Iran behavior in Syria a ‘disgrace’

Trump says Russia, Iran behavior in Syria a ‘disgrace’
US President Donald Trump said: ‘What Russia and what Iran and what Syria have done recently (in Eastern Ghouta) is a humanitarian disgrace.’ (AFP)
Updated 24 February 2018
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Trump says Russia, Iran behavior in Syria a ‘disgrace’

Trump says Russia, Iran behavior in Syria a ‘disgrace’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday slammed as a “disgrace” the actions of the Syrian government and its Iranian and Russian backers, as the world struggles to stop a deadly assault on a rebel-held enclave near Damascus.
“I will say what Russia and what Iran and what Syria have done recently is a humanitarian disgrace,” Trump told a news conference. “What those three countries have done to those people is a disgrace.”
The US State Department has said Russia — whose air force is also striking Eastern Ghouta — has a “unique responsibility” for the mounting death toll in the besieged enclave.