Russia has called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting to discuss US-led airstrikes in Syria, a United Nations diplomat tells CNN. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, the UN diplomat says. </s> The United States, France, and Britain launched military strikes in Syria in response to Syrian President Bashar Assad chemical attack against civilians and to prevent him from doing it again.

Following the allied airstrike launched Friday evening, the United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting, Saturday.

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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Saturday at the request of Russia, diplomats said, to discuss air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria, which Moscow said had targeted and killed Syrian military personnel.

The 15-member body is due to meet behind closed doors at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), diplomats said.

Russia and a war monitoring group said coalition jets bombed a Syrian army position near Deir al-Zor airport on Saturday, killing dozens of Syrian soldiers.

In a statement carried on Syria's state-owned media, Syria's foreign ministry called for the Security Council to condemn what it described as U.S. aggression and require Washington to respect Syrian sovereignty.

Such a move is unlikely as statements by the council have to be agreed by consensus. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Paul Simao) </s> The UN Security Council will hold urgent consultations on Saturday after US-led coalition air strikes hit Syrian military positions, diplomats said.

Russia requested the meeting, which is set to take place from 7:30 pm (2330 GMT).

"We demand Washington's full and detailed explanation, and that must be made before the UN Security Council," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in Moscow.

Russia is "very concerned" by the strikes that "directly targeted the Syrian army, which has been consistently fighting the Islamic State group's forces", she added.

The bombing hit an army position in the east, near the IS-controlled town of Deir Ezzor, a Russian army statement said.

At least 62 soldiers were killed in the strike, according to Russian officials and a Syrian monitoring group.

"These strikes endanger everything that has been done so far by the international community" to reach peace in Syria, the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said.

Zakharova accused the United States of being "simply incapable of honoring its commitment" to distinguish between jihadists and Syrian mainstream rebels in the implementation of a ceasefire in force since Monday. </s> U.N. Security Council likely to meet on U.S.-led Syria strikes -diplomats

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is likely to meet on Saturday at the request of Russia, diplomats said, to discuss air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria, which Moscow said had targeted and killed Syrian military personnel.

Russia and a war monitoring group said coalition jets bombed a Syrian army position near Deir al-Zor airport on Saturday, killing dozens of Syrian soldiers. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Paul Simao) </s> MOSCOW: Moscow will convene an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council after a string of deadly US-led coalition air strikes hit a Syrian army base, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said late Saturday.

“The Russian ambassador to the UN has been tasked with convening an urgent meeting of the Security Council over this issue,” Zakharova told Rossia-24 public television. “We demand Washington’s full and detailed explanation, and that must be made before the UN Security Council.” </s> Fifteen civilians were killed after residential areas of the settlement of al-Shaaf in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor became a target of the US-led coalition's air strikes on Tuesday, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

According to the media, 7 women are among those killed as a result of the attack, whereas some people are seriously injured.

The US-led coalition is fighting Daesh in Syria, however, not only militants turn out to be targeted during its operations.

On December 14, the Syrian Foreign Ministry sent a letter to the UN Security Council and to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres accusing the US-led coalition of killing civilians in the province of Deir Ez-Zor by airstrikes, according to local media. </s> GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura renewed his urgent call on Friday for a ceasefire to stop both the “horrific” bombing of besieged eastern Ghouta and indiscriminate mortar shelling on Damascus.

The ceasefire needs to be followed by immediate, unhindered humanitarian access to eastern Ghouta and evacuation of sick and injured, de Mistura said in a statement read out by U.N. spokeswoman Alessandra Vellucci to a Geneva briefing.

The three guarantors of the Astana process - Russia, Iran and Turkey - must meet urgently to re-install the de-escalation zones in Syria, he said, speaking hours before a U.N. Security Council vote on a resolution on a 30-day truce </s> The coalition's activities in Syria are not authorized by the Syrian government, nor by the UN Security Council.

The Thursday airstrike by the US-led coalition on Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor killed 11 members of one family, Syrian state broadcaster Al Ikhbariya reported. The coalition has pounded the town of Sha'afa.

The US Defense Department has dismissed the allegations as false, maintaining that the coalition’s airstrikes in Syria conform with the laws of armed conflict.

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The Syrian authorities have repeatedly urged the United Nations to take measures targeting the perpetrators of the attacks and put an end to the coalition's unauthorized presence in Syria.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) holds an emergency session to discuss the U.S. airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor.