U.N. Chief Guterres Touches Down in Beirut for ‘Visit of Solidarity’

UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Beirut on Friday for a “solidarity” visit to Lebanon, ending a stay in Turkey where he joined Muslims fasting for Ramadan while calling on the world to “eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.”

The veteran Portuguese The socialist has always honored Islam in general and Ramadan in particular as the key to the prosperity of society if it adopts a “noble vision of hope and peace”. He affirms that all Muslims are cherished through the celebration of Ramadan.

AFP reports that Guterres is expected to raise awareness of Lebanon’s humanitarian needs, with more than 800,000 people displaced as Israel responds to rocket attacks by the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah.

“I have just landed in Beirut for a solidarity visit with the Lebanese people. They did not choose this war. They were dragged into it,” the United Nations Secretary General revealed on X.

“The UN and I will spare no effort to work towards the peaceful future that Lebanon and this region so deserve. »

The UN said an emergency appeal for funds was to be launched during his visit, with his own migration agency saying it needed $19 million to cover its operations over the next three months.

“Humanitarian needs are growing faster than the response,” Mathieu Luciano, head of the International Organization for Migration’s Lebanon mission, told reporters in Geneva via AFP.

Lebanon entered the Middle East conflict over the past seven days when Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists used it as a base to attack Israel in response to the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his wife Emine Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres together after Erdogan presented the International Atatürk Prize to Antonio Guterres in Ankara, Turkey, March 12, 2026. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Handout/Anadolu via Getty)

Israel expanded its retaliatory strikes in Lebanon on Friday, targeting several areas, including a bridge over the Litani River, which it said was used by Hezbollah as a passage for its terrorist fighters.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched new attacks against Israeli forces, ignoring all calls to disarm

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