A hastily scheduled Security Council meeting was canceled because the U.S. does not want to make public details of the Syrian cease-fire deal, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations said Friday. Churkin said Thursday that Russia hoped the Security Council could pass a resolution endorsing the deal next week during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly. "The United States will not compromise operational security," said the official, who wasn't authorized to be quoted by name and demanded anonymity. Later on Friday, the U.S. Mission issued a statement saying they believed the Security Council could play an important role in resolving the Syrian crisis. Since we could not agree on an approach to briefing the Council that would not compromise the operational security of the arrangement, the meeting was canceled," the statement said.

Source: ABC News September 16, 2016 23:42 UTC