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International UN Security Council discusses Syria

SDA

9.12.2024 - 04:54

ARCHIVE - General view of the hall as Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, at UN headquarters. Photo: Kena Betancur/AP/dpa
ARCHIVE - General view of the hall as Riyad Mansour, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, at UN headquarters. Photo: Kena Betancur/AP/dpa
Keystone

Following the fall of ruler Bashar al-Assad, the UN Security Council will discuss the situation in Syria behind closed doors today at Russia's request. The consultations are to take place in the evening German time, as the German Press Agency has learned from diplomatic circles.

Keystone-SDA

09.12.2024, 04:54

09.12.2024, 04:55

Rebels led by the Islamist group Haiat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took control of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday night, heralding the end of Assad's rule, which had lasted for more than two decades. The ousted president fled with his family to Russia, where the government has granted him asylum on humanitarian grounds, according to the Kremlin.

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