UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that there was a "flame of hope" in Syria following the fall of president Bashar al-Assad's regime but warned of significant challenges ahead.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Israel’s strikes against Houthis in Yemen are “especially alarming”, calls "for all parties concerned to cease all military actions and exercise utmost restraint.

They are violations of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,' Guterres said of IDF strikes, despite Israel moving in only after UNDOF came under attack by gunmen in the demilitarized zone