UN says food supplies in Syria have been turned into a 'weapon of war'
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence clear rubble to open a road following reported shelling on the village of Ibdita in Idlib province on May 8, 2019.
The Kremlin also rebuffed criticism from US President Donald Trump of Russian and Syrian regime military action in Idlib, saying on Monday it was needed to shut down rebel attacks being launched from there. Both sides in the fight had blamed each other for the destruction, the UN's World Food Programme said.
"The most important thing for us, it is not acceptable to take one more time the civilian population hostage, to basically use food, distribution of food as a weapon of war," he added.
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