US secretary of state Antony Blinken warned in opposition to additional assaults within the Center East as Washington, Israel and different allies are awaiting anticipated Iranian retaliation.
“Everybody within the area ought to perceive that additional assaults solely perpetuate battle, instability, insecurity for everybody, additional assaults solely elevate the danger of harmful outcomes that nobody can predict, and nobody can totally management,” Blinken mentioned, talking after a gathering with the Australian international and defence ministers in Annapolis, Maryland.
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, talking beside him after the assembly, mentioned the Pentagon was taking steps to “decrease temperatures” within the area however stood able to defend Israel in addition to its personal forces within the area.
