Secretary Blinken Warns: ‘Most Dangerous Moment for Middle East’

Published on January 30, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which escalated after a drone strike killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan, appears to be the region’s ‘most dangerous’ period in about 50 years. Speaking to reporters on Monday, the top U.S. diplomat said: “This is an incredibly volatile time in the Middle East. We’ve not seen a situation as dangerous as the one we’re facing now across the region since at least 1973, and arguably even before that,” according to a State Department transcript of a press conference he held with NATO’s secretary-general. He was referring to the Yom Kippur War of that year, fought by Israel against Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia, which lasted about two weeks....

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