Russia demands emergency UN Security Council meeting on Syria

Russia demanded emergency UN Security Council meeting, to convene an emergency session on Monday after Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad ousted and seized control of Damascus on Sunday.

The meeting, requested by Russia, will hold behind closed doors, diplomatic sources told dpa.

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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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