Syria Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. - AP
UNITED NATIONS (AP): They gathered at the United Nations surrounded by unsettling warnings of an escalating conflict that could engulf the Middle East and further shatter international relations that are based on "multilateralism" - nations working together and sharing power.
A week later, world leaders headed home with the prospect of a broader war intensifying and global divisions front and centre, not only in the Mideast but elsewhere.
