French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for an emergency Security Council meeting amid the worsening humanitarian situation in Syria after Turkey launched an assault on the northeastern Syrian city of Afrin to clear the region of Kurdish militia units that Ankara considers major security threats.

"France is preoccupied with the brutal deterioration of the situation in Syria. This is why we have called for a Security Council meeting to evaluate all the humanitarian risks, which are v...