The Lebanese Foreign Ministry this Monday asked to stop the regional escalation and implement international resolutions. to avoid “explosion of the entire Middle East”, in its first official statement since Iran’s attack on Israel on Saturday.

“The Ministry once again asks to supply stopping escalation, threats of war and military retaliation in all its forms and once again respect the norms of international law and the resolutions of international legitimacy as the only deterrent to avoid the consequences of the explosion of the entire Middle East,” he warned in his statement.

Government Department warned that the region is “on the brink of an abyss” and recalled that all this is happening against the backdrop of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, which has not stopped for more than six months due to the “failure to comply” with the relevant UN Security Council resolution.

“Return to the political path” based on a two-state solution and the relevant UN resolutions failed to do so,” he condemned in his note.

The Middle East has been mired in escalating tensions since IIran will launch more than 300 drones and missiles towards Israel on Saturday. in response to the bombing that killed 13 people at its Damascus consulate two weeks ago, including three Iranian Revolutionary Guard generals.

Lebanon tops list of countries most at risk of being swept away in case of escalation between the sides, as the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah – a close ally of Iran – has been involved in intense clashes with the Jewish state since October last year.

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The clashes, the worst since the Shiite group’s war with Israel in 2006, have displaced more than 150,000 people on both sides of the divide and more than 350 deadalmost everyone is on the Lebanese side.

This morning the Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati holds consultative meeting in Beirut discuss the sensitive situation in the country with the rest of their government.

(according to information from EFE)