Syrian foreign minister tells UN Security Council that Assad era is over – Middle East Monitor

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani addressed the UN Security Council for the first time Friday and declared the end of the Assad regime, Anadolu reports.

He urged the international community to support the “new Syria.”

“I have the honor to address you on this historic day, the day when right before this statement, the flag representing the new Syria, the Syria of freedom and dignity, was raised on the flagpole of the United Nations alongside 193 of…