SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency meeting on rising tensions in Syria

A girl walks through a destroyed school in Dara’a Albalad, in southern Syria. (file)

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency meeting on rising tensions in Syria

17 July 2025 Peace and Security

The Security Council met on Thursday afternoon for an emergency session on Syria after deadly violence in the south and a wave of Israeli airstrikes that reportedly hit military sites and key locations in Damascus. Khaled Khiari, a senior UN political affairs official briefed ambassadors, warning that renewed bloodshed could derail prospects for a credible, inclusive political transition and widen regional fault lines. UN News App users can follow here.

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