Syria on Tuesday asked the United Nations Security Council to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the US decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, AFP reports.

In a letter seen by the news agency, the Syrian mission to the United Nations asked the council presidency, held by France, to schedule an urgent meeting to "discuss the situation in the occupied Syrian Golan and the recent flagrant violation of the relevant Security Council's resolution by a permanent member-state."


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