many thanks for coming on, dima moussa, vice| coming on, dima moussa, vice president of the syria nationalthis is bbc news. you're live with bbc news. there has been reaction from leaders and officials around the world. the un security council says it will hold closed consultations on syria on monday, at russia's request. the uk prime minister sir keir starmer welcomed the fall of bashar al—assad's "barbaric regime" in syria, he called for the restoration of "peace "and stability". similarly, us presidentjoe biden called the fall of the assad regime "a moment of historic opportunity" but said there remains "risk and uncertainty". the pentagon said the us carried out strikes against over 75 targets linked to the islamic state group in syria. earlier, i spoke with joel rubin, former deputy assistant secretary of state in the 0bama administration, who gave me his take on the us response to developments in syria. syria affects the entirety of the middle east, and it affects europe as well as the united states. we have had syrian refugees here from this war and for american strategic interests,