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At the UN, the division persists in the Security Council just days before the kick-off of the 74th Annual General Assembly, on the Syrian file. Three countries on the Security Council - Germany, Belgium and Kuwait - called for an immediate ceasefire in the Idleb region. The resolution, approved by 12 of the 15 states of the Council, was the subject of Russian and Chinese vetoes.
With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten
This is the 13th Russian veto to a resolution on Syria since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, and most importantly, it means that the 3 million inhabitants of Idleb province in Syria will continue to live under the bombs. Kuwait, Germany and Belgium had called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, starting on 21 September, and were followed by the vast majority of the Council - but failed to reach consensus.
The text had been fiercely debated since last month: the Russians demanded that the ceasefire include exemptions for "terrorist attacks", but this left too much room for personal interpretation and was therefore denied by the 3 author delegations of the text.
On the Russian side, a "surge of humanitarian activism" by the international coalition was denounced as Syria regained ground and was accused of protecting terrorists by portraying them as members of the opposition.
On the side of the slayers of the text, we are very worried: " This is another sad day for Syria, " said the representative of France at the UN. For him, all those who constantly bombard Idleb and those who oppose the ceasefire will be held responsible. And will have to finance the reconstruction, he warned. A reconstruction already estimated at more than 400 billion dollars.