{"id":16093,"date":"2024-04-17T09:34:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2024-04-17T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T09:35:09","slug":"world-powers-call-for-restraint-amid-escalating-tensions-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2024\/04\/17\/world-powers-call-for-restraint-amid-escalating-tensions-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"World Powers Call for Restraint Amid Escalating Tensions in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Global leaders have issued urgent appeals for restraint following Iran&#8217;s unprecedented missile and drone strikes on Israel, amid fears of a potential wider conflict in the region.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Iran launched the attack in retaliation for an airstrike, widely attributed to Israel, which destroyed Tehran&#8217;s consular building in the Syrian capital earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The strikes have significantly heightened tensions in the Middle East, coming amidst a deadly conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, which has been ongoing for the past six months.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized the critical need for peace, stating, &#8220;Neither the region nor the world can afford more war.&#8221; Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, he warned, &#8220;The Middle East is on the brink. Now is the time to defuse and de-escalate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The international community is closely monitoring the situation, with hopes for a swift resolution to prevent further escalation of hostilities in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global leaders have issued urgent appeals for restraint following Iran&#8217;s unprecedented missile and drone strikes on Israel, amid fears of a potential wider conflict in the region. Iran launched the attack in retaliation for an airstrike, widely attributed to Israel, which destroyed Tehran&#8217;s consular building in the Syrian capital earlier this month. The strikes have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,343,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","category-international","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}