From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 10, 2018
UN chief urges immediate halt to ‘hostile acts’ in Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging “an immediate halt to all hostile acts” and provocative actions to avoid “a new conflagration” between Israel and Iran.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric tells reporters the UN peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights has maintained contact with the Syrian and Israeli militaries, “urging both parties to exercise maximum restraint” and abide by the 1974 cease-fire agreement.
He says the secretary-general followed “with utmost concern” overnight reports of missile launches from Syria targeting Israeli positions and retaliatory strikes by Israel and is relieved at Thursday’s “partial normalization of the situation.”
Dujarric says Guterres is “very engaged” and has been in contact “with various people at various levels” about the attacks.
— AP
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