Syria’s foreign minister raises country’s new flag at UN headquarters

Syria’s new flag is raised during a ceremony where it was added to the 100 flags flying in line at United Nations headquarters (AP Photo/Kena Betancur)

Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani has raised his country’s new flag at the UN headquarters in New York.

Mr al-Shibani will attend a UN Security Council briefing, the first public appearance by a high-ranking Syrian government official in the United States since the fall of former president Bashar Assad in a rebel offensive in December.