Lebanon: UN warns of escalating horror in Middle East as 'communications tools become weapons'

The risk to security and stability, not only in Lebanon but also in the wider Middle East region, "could not be clearer or graver", the top UN political affairs official warned on Friday.

Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, told ambassadors in the Security Council, that strikes and exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, which have been going on for nearly a year, "have expanded in scope and intensity".