BEIRUT: Russia Thursday denied any involvement in the deadly air strikes on a Syrian school on Wednesday and rejected a UN-led investigation showing its ally Damascus had carried out chemical attacks, as Moscow’s relations with the West took another hit.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded an immediate probe into attack on the school in rebel-held Idlib province that he said “may amount to a war crime”.

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