UN chief urges immediate halt to 'hostile acts'
The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging "an immediate halt to all hostile acts" and provocative actions to avoid "a new conflagration" in the Middle East.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters the UN peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights has maintained contact with the Syrian and Israeli military, "urging both parties to exercise maximum restraint" and abide by the 1974 cease-fire agreement.
He said 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 said Guterres is "very engaged" and has been in contact "with various people at various levels" about the attacks.
