LIVE | Russia and China denounce recent American attacks in Iraq and Syria in a UN meeting

Russia and China accused the United States at a UN Security Council meeting on Monday of inflaming already high tensions in the Middle East with their recent attacks on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq and Syria. And France’s foreign minister said Monday after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “Israeli settler violence” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “must stop immediately.” Follow all developments surrounding the conflict in the Middle East in our live blog.

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