(VOVworld) - The Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Bashar Ja'afari on Thursday rejected an accusation that the Syrian government was killing civilians.

The Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari in a press conference in Margarita, Venezuela on September 18th (Photo: EPA/VNA)

The same day, US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power described Syrian and Russian attacks on Aleppo as a gift to the Islamic State and Al-Nusrah terrorist group.