Security Council to vote Saturday on Syria: diplomat
Members of the UN Security Council will meet Saturday morning for a vote on a resolution condemning the violent repression in Syria, a diplomat said.
A young boy carries the Syrian-rebel adopted flag during an anti-regime demonstration in the Syrian village of al-Qsair. Russia rejected the latest bid for UN action to end the political crisis in Syria, as at least 35 more people were killed, several in clashes between loyalist and rebel troops.
"It is the same text that's going to a vote," a diplomat said Friday, referring to the draft resolution sent to the council's 15 members the previous day.
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