UN Security Council delegation in Syria on first-ever visit
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Damascus: A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in Syria on Thursday, state media reported, the first ever visit to the country just da...
Damascus: A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in Syria on Thursday, state media reported, the first-ever visit to the country just days before the anniversary of the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
The delegation arrived via the Jdeidet Yabus border crossing between Lebanon and Syria and "is scheduled to meet a number of Syrian officials" and members of civil society, state news agency SANA reported.
Shortly after, the agency said the delegation was visiting Damascus's heavily damaged suburb of Jobar.
The diplomats are expected to meet Syria's new authorities including President Ahmed al-Sharaa and are to visit neighboring Lebanon on Friday and Saturday.
While the United Nations works to reestablish itself in Syria, the Security Council recently lifted sanctions against interim leader Sharaa.
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