U.S. holding Russia responsible for chemical weapons in Syria

[January 27, 2018]    WARSAW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday the United States believed it was Russia's responsibility to curb Syria's use of chemical weapons.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the Warsaw Ghetto monument in Warsaw, Poland January 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

"The chemical weapons ... are being used to hit the civilian population, the most vulnerable - children inside of Syria," he said on a visit to Poland

"We are holding Russia (responsible) for addressing this. They are (Syria's) ally."

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Mark Potter)

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