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U.N. secretary general predicts a ‘deeply reshaped’ Middle East

António Guterres praised Israel’s cease-fire deals with Hezbollah and Hamas and reiterated global pushback against Iran’s nuclear program

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres predicted on Wednesday that the Middle East would be “deeply reshaped” by the conflicts and emerging new governments across the region in the last year.

“We face widening geopolitical divisions, rising inequalities and assault on...

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