Cyprus signs statement offering support for Lebanese govt amid widening conflict

Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of European foreign ministers declaring their “full support for the Lebanese government and people” as the conflict in the Middle East spills across Lebanon’s borders, with Israel advancing its invasion into the south of the country and a million people having been displaced so far.

The statement also called directly on Israel to “refrain from any further escalation of the conflict”.

Kombos signed...