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Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad al-Makdissi

UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Syria Massacre

22:07 27/05/2012 UN, May 27 (RIA Novosti)

The UN Security Council meets on Sunday for an emergency meeting to discuss massacre in Syria’s town Houla that left dozens dead, many of them children, press service of Russian diplomatic mission to the UN reported.

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