UN Security Council to discuss Syria after Assad’s ouster

People stand on a military vehicle after Syrian rebels seized the capital and announced that they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. Smoke rises from the Syrian side, as people gather with belongings at the damaged site on the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing of Arida

The U.N. Security Council is set to hold closed-door talks Monday on the situation in Syria, following the lightning advance by rebels that ousted President Bashar al-Assad.