MUNICH — A top Syrian opposition figure criticized Russia on Sunday for continuing with its bombing in Syria, insisting that people in the country need to see action rather than words.
Former Prime Minister Riad Hijab, the head of the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee, questioned whether the continued fighting by Russia was "a seriously acceptable position to the international community."
"We have gotten used to conferences and words put into hope, but what we need is action — and the action that I see is that Russia is killing Syrian civilians," Hijab told the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of foreign and security policy leaders.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Munich conference Saturday that there was no evidence that Russia was bombing Syrian civilians.
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