“The British ambassador accused Russia and Syria of war crimes; the Russian ambassador said Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad had showed ‘admirable restraint’; and the U.S. ambassador left in protest.” All of which leads us to a familiar and tragic storyline in Aleppo, where the situation has gone from horrific to worse.

+ WaPo: U.S. accuses Russia of ‘barbarism’ and war crimes in Syria.