US tries to downplay concerns of wider Mideast conflict but sends in more warships
China DailyBy JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-08-27 22:57 A man sits in front of a destroyed building in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on Aug 22, 2024. Now two carriers and their warships are "available for US Central Command amid the threat of a full regional war erupting", said the report. While many have viewed the exchange of fire at Lebanon border as a significant escalation in the longstanding Israel-Hezbollah conflict, Ayman Yousef, an international relations professor at the Arab American University in Jenin in the West Bank, told China Daily Hezbollah's response was "nothing extraordinary". On the ground, Yousef said he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will "keep on moving militarily in Gaza", taking advantage of weak opposition at home. On Aug 26, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met Iranian Foreign Minsiter Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Monday, a day after the latest round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations ended without an agreement, Iran International reported.
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