UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's foreign minister attended a U.N. Security Council briefing Friday after raising his country’s new flag at the ... by a high-ranking Syrian government official ...

The will of the people has prevailed." He further emphasized: "(The Syrian flag flying at the UN) This is the crowning of our people’s victory." Members of the Syrian-American community also ...

Asaad al-Shaibani raised the three-starred flag, officially adopted after Assad's December ouster, and later spoke to the Security Council, where he urged a lifting of international sanctions and for ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister attended a U.N. Security Council briefing Friday after raising his country’s new flag at the international body’s headquarters. It was the first public ...

Asaad Al-Shibani unfolding the Syrian flag during the ceremony at the UN (Kena Betancur/AP) The presence of a new Syria was in evidence outside the UN headquarters as Mr al-Shibani watched the ...