Russia demands UN Security Council meeting over US strikes in Iraq, Syria

 Russia demands UN Security Council meeting over US strikes in Iraq, Syria

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov speak to reporters in Baghdad on February 6, 2023

Moscow – 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.