death of civilians in syria. >>> russia will stop at nothing to use its permanent seat on this council to shield its al allies, bashir al assad, from even the faintest criticism. and we cannot take these actions because instead of calling out how assad, russia and iran made a mockery of calls for cease fire, too many members of this council wanted to wait. this is a travesty. this is the ugly reality on the ground in syria today. cynical accusations of bad faith from russia will not stop us from speaking out. and their blatantly false narratives will not stop us from telling the world about russia's central role in bombing the