Russia said it had called for a UN Security Council meeting Monday to discuss the situation in Syria, after a lightning offensive by Islamist-led rebels forced president Bashar al-Assad from power, APA reports citing AFP.
"Given the latest events in Syria, of which the depth and consequences for this country and the whole of the region have not yet been measured, Russia has called for urgent closed-door consultations of the Security Council of the United Nations," a senior Russian official attached to the UN posted on Telegram Sunday.