UN Chief Warns Lebanon On Brink Of All-Out War

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Lebanon is on the brink of “all-out war,” with escalating clashes between Hezbollah and Israel’s Defense Forces across the Blue Line. He described the Middle East as a “powder keg” and highlighted the rising toll: over 2,000 killed in Lebanon in the past year, 1 million displaced, and intensifying regional instability threatening to spread further.