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BBC: US tells Russia it will end talks if bombing in Syria continues

By BBC.

Published Sept. 28, 2016 at 9:44 pm

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Syrians react as the bodies of children are pulled from the rubble of a budling following government forces air strikes in the rebel held neighbourhood of Al-Shaar in Aleppo on September 27, 2016. Syria's army took control of a rebel-held district in central Aleppo, after days of heavy air strikes that have killed dozens and sparked allegations of war crimes.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / KARAM AL-MASRI

US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned his Russian counterpart that Washington will end Syria talks unless Moscow stops the bombing of Aleppo.

In a phone call with Sergei Lavrov, Mr Kerry said the US held Russia responsible for the use of incendiary and bunker bombs against the city.