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UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Syria, diplomatic sources say

Source: Xinhua 2016-09-18 06:58:37

A Syrian boy carries a toy gun past a destroyed building in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 13, 2016 as a truce brokered by Russia and the United States saw guns fall silent at sundown the previous night. (AFP/Xinhua)

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday evening on Syria after the U.S.-led coalition staged airstrikes on Syrian military positions, diplomatic sources told Xinhua.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 19:30 EDT (2330 GMT) at the request of the Russian Federation, one of the five permanent members of the 15-nation UN council, the sources said.

"The meeting will take place behind closed doors," the sources said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier Saturday the U.S.-led coalition killed 62 Syrian government troops and injured some 100 others in a round of airstrikes in eastern Syria's province of Deir al-Zour.

"Today, in areas close to the Deir al-Zour Airport, the aircraft from the international anti-Islamic State coalition carried out four airstrikes against units of the Syrian government troops surrounded by terrorists," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

The warplanes entered the airspace of Syria from the Iraqi border, the spokesman said.

The U.S. Defense Ministry said on Saturday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against the Islamic State may have unintentionally targeted Syrian government forces.

"Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position," said a Pentagon statement, referring to the extremist group in its Arabic acronym.

The general command of the Syrian army accused the U.S. of supporting the IS in the attack in Deir al-Zour.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the U.S.-led air raids enabled the IS to capture al-Tharda Mountain.

The incident marks the first U.S.-led attack on a government forces' positions since the coalition started striking IS positions in Syria in 2014.

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"Today, in areas close to the Deir ez-Zor Airport, the aircraft from the international anti-Islamic State coalition carried out four air-strikes against units of the Syrian government troops surrounded by terrorists," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. Full story

U.S.-led airstrikes kill over 30 Syrian soldiers in Deir al-Zour

DAMASCUS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 30 Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday evening by the airstrikes of the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition against Syrian military positions in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a monitor group reported.

The airstrikes targeted the artillery and rockets battalion in the al-Tharda Mountain, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Full story  

 
UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Syria, diplomatic sources say
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-09-18 06:58:37 | Editor: huaxia

A Syrian boy carries a toy gun past a destroyed building in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 13, 2016 as a truce brokered by Russia and the United States saw guns fall silent at sundown the previous night. (AFP/Xinhua)

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday evening on Syria after the U.S.-led coalition staged airstrikes on Syrian military positions, diplomatic sources told Xinhua.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 19:30 EDT (2330 GMT) at the request of the Russian Federation, one of the five permanent members of the 15-nation UN council, the sources said.

"The meeting will take place behind closed doors," the sources said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier Saturday the U.S.-led coalition killed 62 Syrian government troops and injured some 100 others in a round of airstrikes in eastern Syria's province of Deir al-Zour.

"Today, in areas close to the Deir al-Zour Airport, the aircraft from the international anti-Islamic State coalition carried out four airstrikes against units of the Syrian government troops surrounded by terrorists," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

The warplanes entered the airspace of Syria from the Iraqi border, the spokesman said.

The U.S. Defense Ministry said on Saturday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against the Islamic State may have unintentionally targeted Syrian government forces.

"Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position," said a Pentagon statement, referring to the extremist group in its Arabic acronym.

The general command of the Syrian army accused the U.S. of supporting the IS in the attack in Deir al-Zour.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the U.S.-led air raids enabled the IS to capture al-Tharda Mountain.

The incident marks the first U.S.-led attack on a government forces' positions since the coalition started striking IS positions in Syria in 2014.

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Syria accuses U.S. of supporting IS after striking Syrian army positions in Deir al-Zour

DAMASCUS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Syria's Foreign Ministry on Saturday accused the U.S. of supporting the Islamic State (IS) group, after a U.S.-led airstrike killed 62 Syrian soldiers in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour.

"This cowered American act is an unequivocal evidence on the U.S. support to the IS," said the ministry. Full story

Pentagon says coalition airstrike may have struck Syrian military

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon said on Saturday a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against the Islamic State may have unintentionally targeted Syrian government forces.

"Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position," said a Pentagon statement, referring to the extremist group in its Arabic acronym. Full story

Russia says U.S.-led airstrikes kill 62 Syrian government troops

MOSCOW, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-led coalition killed 62 Syrian government troops and injured some 100 others in a round of airstrikes in eastern Syria's province of Deir al-Zour, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

"Today, in areas close to the Deir ez-Zor Airport, the aircraft from the international anti-Islamic State coalition carried out four air-strikes against units of the Syrian government troops surrounded by terrorists," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. Full story

U.S.-led airstrikes kill over 30 Syrian soldiers in Deir al-Zour

DAMASCUS, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 30 Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday evening by the airstrikes of the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition against Syrian military positions in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a monitor group reported.

The airstrikes targeted the artillery and rockets battalion in the al-Tharda Mountain, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Full story  

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