Russia calls UN Security Council meeting over US strikes in Iraq and Syria

Russia's United Nations Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addresses the UN Security Council before a vote on a resolution over the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Russia's United Nations Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya addresses the UN Security Council before a vote on a resolution over the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russia on Saturday called an “urgent” UN Security Council meeting over US strikes in Syria and Iraq, its UN representative said.

“We just demanded an urgent sitting of the UN Security Council over the threat to peace and safety created by US strikes on Syria and Iraq,” Moscow’s diplomat at the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said on social media.

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