Iran FM, UN special envoy to Iraq discuss regional developments

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met with UN new Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Mohamed Al Hassan.

News ID: 5610

Date: 18 December 2024 - 09:42

TABNAK, Dec 18: During the meeting the two sides emphasized preventing the spread of insecurity and instability in the region.

During the meeting, Al Hassan gave a report on the most important activities of the UNAMI.

The two sides also highlighted the need for cooperation and coordination among regional countries to stop further insecurity and instability in the region.

Since the fall of the Syrian president, the Israeli army continues to seize more territory in the Arab state, after occupying Jabal Sheikh (Mount Hermon) and the buffer zone in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

The occupation forces are now only 15 kilometers away from the international highway between Damascus and Beirut.

Moreover, the UN’s refugee agency estimates that around 560,000 individuals have sought refuge in Syria, fleeing Lebanon since September 23, after the Israeli army intensified its air attack on Lebanon in an escalation of conflict with Hezbollah.

Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on Gaza, including hospitals, residences, and houses of worship, after Palestinian resistance movements carried out an unprecedented military operation dubbed Al-Aqsa Flood against the regime on October 7, 2023.

At least 44,176 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed while 104,473 individuals have sustained injuries.

Hezbollah opened a support front for Palestinians in Gaza only a day after the Israeli regime unleashed its genocidal war against the besieged territory last October.

After the Israeli regime conducted a series of attacks involving pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon in September, it intensified its aggression against Hezbollah, resulting in significant loss of life and destruction.

According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, at least 3,670 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Arab country since October 2023.

In late September, the regime also assassinated Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a strike in southern Beirut.

Israel also frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists.

Israel has been the principal supporter of terrorist groups that oppose the democratically-elected government of President Bashar al-Assad since the foreign-backed militancy erupted in Syria in 2011.