US defence officials now believe that Russian planes dropped the bombs that destroyed a UN aid convoy that killed at least 20 people, the Guardian has learned. Aid officials said the convoy was hit from the air while food and medicine were being unloaded at a warehouse in opposition-controlled Urem al-Kubra. The White House and state department said they could not confirm the allegations, while the Russian foreign ministry rejected them with “resentment and indignation”. Syrian aid convoy attack: 'the bombardment was continuous' Read moreBut Moscow has not conceded that the convoy was hit by an airstrike, claiming instead that the 18 lorries had “caught fire”. Later on Tuesday, however, the Russian foreign ministry put out an angry denunciation of allegations against Moscow and Damascus.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2016 22:30 UTC