UN Security Council Meeting On Syria Held In New York

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 17: Geng Shuang, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the UN, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters on December 17, 2024 in New York City. The Security Council met to hear updates from the Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Thomas Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and others following the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)