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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency meeting on rising tensions in Syria

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