Syria. Russia calls emergency session of UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday. AFP news agency, citing diplomatic sources, said the meeting was convened urgently at Russia's request. The topic of the meeting is expected to be the current situation in Syria. Twenty-four years later, rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian rule. Assad was supported by, among others: Via Moscow.
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday afternoon. AFP news agency, citing multiple diplomatic sources, said the purpose of the closed-door talks was to understand the current situation in Syria.
Emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council
An emergency meeting was convened by Russia. On Sunday morning, Syrian rebels announced the capture of the capital Damascus and the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. The president exercised autocratic power over the states for 24 years.
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Assad was supported by, among others, Moscow, Iran, and Lebanon's Hezbollah. This is the latest phase of a civil war that has been going on since 2011.
On the night between Saturday and Sunday, Syrian rebels announced they were entering the capital. Earlier, Reuters and CNN reported on fighting in the city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that government forces had withdrawn from Damascus airport.
Syria. the president fled to russia
“Our forces have begun entering Damascus,” the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) reported on social media. HTS leads Syrian rebel forces that have been carrying out attacks against President Bashar al-Assad's regime for a week and a half.
The rebels earlier announced on Saturday that they had captured the country's third city, Homs. Over the past few days, they have won the following: They occupied Aleppo, Hima, and almost the entire southwestern part of the country.
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Rebels tried to capture Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but he managed to escape. According to media reports, he evacuated on a plane and flew to Russia.
Russia's RIA Novosti agency, citing sources close to the Kremlin, reported that Moscow granted Assad and his family asylum based on “humanitarian considerations”.
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