Russia sought Saturday to block a United Nations Security Council meeting on Venezuela, accusing the United States of plotting a coup against President Nicolas Maduro. Its bid quickly failed, with nine of the 15 Security Council members agreeing to hold the session attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
An Iranian lawmaker said that the Russian-made S-300 missile defense system was “inactive” during a recent Israeli missile attack on Damascus. Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission said that S-300, which was delivered to Syria, was “inactive”, according to the Islamic Republic News ...
