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Amelie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS

UN Chief Warns Mideast On Brink Of 'Full-scale Regional Conflict'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council that the Middle East was on the edge of wider conflict (Credit: AFP)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday painted a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiraling tensions over the war in Gaza and Iran's attack on Israel could devolve into a "full-scale regional conflict."

Guterres also said Israel's military offensive on Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, in retaliation for their unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, had created a "humanitarian hellscape" for civilians trapped in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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