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Russia is directly complicit in the bloodshed taking place in Syria and must act immediately to help bring an end to the country’s long-running conflict, the UK defence secretary has said.

Michael Fallon said Russia must “show the resolve necessary to bring this regime to heel” in remarks that come a day after Boris Johnson cancelled a trip to Moscow in the wake of a chemical attack on civilians in Idlib and the US missile strike against the Syrian regime that followed.

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