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Human Rights Watch says the Russian-Syrian coalition committed war crimes during a month-long aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo (Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)

Syria donor conference shuns Russia

Russia was not invited to a Brussels donor conference on Syria as fallout of its war in Ukraine continues to isolate the Kremlin.

The two-day conference ending on Tuesday (10 May) is normally co-hosted by the European Union and the United Nations.

"The United Nations has chosen not to co-host this last conference in light of our decision not to invite Russia," Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, told reporters.

The UN has instead sent top emissaries like Filippo Gr...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Human Rights Watch says the Russian-Syrian coalition committed war crimes during a month-long aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo (Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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