Russia, China Block Release Of UN Report Criticizing Russia

FILE — In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, fighters of the Libyan forces affiliated to the Tripoli government rest and reload weapons during an offensive against Islamic State militants, in Sirte, Libya. The warring parties in Libya and their international backers the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Jordan vs Turkey and Qatar violated a U.N. arms embargo on the oil-rich north African country that remains totally ineffective, U.N. experts said in a new report. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Russia and China blocked the official release of a report by U.N. experts on Libya that accused its warring parties and their international backers including Russia of violating a U.N. arms embargo on the conflictwracked country, U.N. diplomats said Friday.

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