UN Secretary General António Guterres has urgently known as on the Security Council to de-escalate the state of affairs within the Middle East after Iran launched a direct assault on Israel in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike.
“The Middle East is on the brink,” Guterres instructed a particular session of the physique in New York. “The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict. Now is the time to defuse and de-escalate. Now is the time for maximum restraint.”
The particular assembly was convened at Israel’s request a day after Tehran launched its aerial assault.
Iran’s “Operation Truthful Promise” was mounted in revenge for an airstrike on its embassy grounds in Damascus on April 1 wherein two generals and others have been killed. Israel is believed to have carried out the assault and has not denied duty.
An Iranian response was broadly anticipated and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards reportedly fired dozens of drones and missiles.
“We have a shared responsibility to work for peace,” Guterres instructed the Security Council. “Neither the region nor the world can afford more war.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr