UN chief warns:
“The Middle East is on the brink of the abyss”
Following Iran's attack on Israel, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urgently called on the Security Council to de-escalate.
"The Middle East is on the brink of the abyss," warned Guterres at a special session of the body in New York on Sunday. "The people of the region are facing the real danger of a devastating major conflict. Now is the time to defuse and de-escalate. Now is the time for maximum restraint."
The special meeting was convened at Israel's request. Iran had previously attacked its arch-enemy Israel directly for the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic on Sunday night.
Retaliatory strike by Iran
The Revolutionary Guards reportedly fired dozens of drones and missiles. The operation, entitled "Sincere Promise", was presented as a retaliatory strike for the killing of high-ranking officers in Syria. On April 1, two brigadier generals were killed in a suspected Israeli-led airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus.
"We have a shared responsibility to work towards peace," Guterres told the Security Council. "Neither the region nor the world can afford more war."
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