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UN Security Council to discuss Syria after Assad's ouster

Smoke billows as people arrive to celebrate the fall of the Syrian government, in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024. [VOA]

The U.N. Security Council is set to hold closed-door talks Monday on the situation in Syria, following the lightning advance by rebels that ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

Russia, which provided military assistance to Assad during the nearly 14-year Syrian civil war, requested the Security Council session to discuss the developments, including the potential implications on the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights.

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