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UN Security Council passes resolution on Syria peace plan

Saturday, 19 December 2015 12:09 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 19 December 2015 12:09 AM ]

The UN Security Council unanimously passes a resolution on Syria peace process.

1. The UN Security Council unanimously passes a resolution which endorses an international road map for Syria peace process.

2. US President Barack Obama says Washington will cooperate with all regional countries to resolve the crisis in Syria and combat terrorism.

3. President Obama has enacted a bill which imposes new sanctions on banks that knowingly do business with the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

4. Another Palestinian dies of his wounds sustained by Israeli fire. The man was injured during clashes north of the city of Ramallah in the West Bank.

5. At least one Iraqi soldier has been killed and ten others injured in an airstrike carried out by the US-led coalition in Iraq’s Anbar province.

6. Yemen's Ansarullah fighters and allied army units fire a ballistic missile at a Saudi base in Ma'rib province killing at least 120 mercenaries.

7. Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has filed a complaint with the United Nations against Saudi Arabia over the kingdom’s repeated violations of the recently introduced ceasefire.

8. Demonstrations have been held in several countries including Iran, Bahrain and Pakistan in condemnation of the recent killings of hundreds of Muslims in Nigeria.

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