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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

EXPLAINED: Mideast nations confront chaos in their region which egypt warns is at a point of implosion | Rare Historical Photos

UN General Assembly United Arab Emirates - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, with Egypt’s top diplomat warning that the Mideast “is at a point of implosion.”

All four countries on Saturday decried Israel’s ongoing pursuit of war in Gaza and the horrific impact on Palestinian civilians – and they bemoaned the failure of the United Nations and the broader international community to achieve a ceasefire and end the bloodshed.

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