06 / 10 / 2011
With United Nations Veto, Russia and China Help Syria
"By vetoing a Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its oppression of antigovernment forces, Russia and China effectively tossed a life preserver to President Bashar al-Assad, seemingly unwilling to see a pivotal ally and once stalwart member of the socialist bloc sink beneath the waves of the Arab Spring." Read more
By Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times, 5 October 2011