The UN Security Council is to convene for an emergency session on Monday, December 9, 2024, after Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, December 8, 2024, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports.
The meeting, requested by Russia, will take place behind closed doors, diplomatic sources told dpa.
Syrians were facing a new political reality on Sunday after rebels took the capital Damascus, ending the two-decade regime of al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country for Moscow.
A rebel alliance led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, launched a surprise offensive in north-western Syria in late November, then quickly seized territory from pro-Assad forces as they moved toward Damascus.
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