New York: The United Nations Security Council is set to meet on Sunday after Israel requested the council condemn Iran\u2019s attack on Israel and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n
The meeting will take place at 4 p.m. ET (2000 GMT), according to a schedule released late on Saturday.
Israel\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, requested the council hold an emergency meeting in a letter on Saturday to the council\u2019s president.<\/p>\n
Iran carried out an \u201cunprecedented\u201d drone and missile assault on Israel in response to an earlier strike on its consular building in Syria\u2019s Damascus. The attack, comprising over 200 drones and missiles, targetted the Israeli position and has raised tensions in the Middle East region amidst the ongoing conflicts and crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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