Preserving territorial integrity is key, say US and Russian diplomats at UN – as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can see our latest full report on Syria here and all our coverage from the region here.

• Benjamin Netanyahu says Golan Heights will remain part of Israel for eternity'
• Luxury cars and high-end labels: shocked Syrians roam Assad residences

This morning our First Edition newsletter poses the question what next for Syria. My colleague Archie Bland writes:

However jubilant Syrians are today about the end of a dark chapter of their history, they know that the next is yet to be written. Because of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's (HTS) past relationship with al-Qaida and the human rights abuses carried out in the areas that it has ruled, many are sceptical that it will act as the guarantor of a transition to a pluralist and democratic state. And HTS chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani himself is viewed as a terrorist by the US and others.

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