Grundberg: Events in Lebanon will hinder peace process in Yemen

The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said that the recent developments in Lebanon further destabilize the Middle East and hinder a peaceful settlement in Yemen.

" The comprehensive escalation that we have witnessed in the region for almost a year now is destabilizing the Middle East as a whole. It also affects the resolution of conflicts and the possibilities of making serious and strategic decisions in the interests of the population of the Middle East," he told TASS on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

"It also affects our ability to achieve peace, so the recent development that we see in Lebanon is another part of this very worrying trend that I think needs to be reversed," he continued.

On September 23, Israel launched a military operation called "Arrows of the North" against Hezbollah in Lebanon, carrying out large-scale strikes on the party's military sites.

Today, the occupation army announced the assassination of the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in the raids that targeted the party's central command headquarters in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, last Friday evening.