Skip next section Joe Biden and Jordanian King Abdullah discuss Middle East situation
04/15/2024April 15, 2024
Joe Biden and Jordanian King Abdullah discuss Middle East situation
US President and Jordan’s King Abdullah II have spoken about the current situation in the Middle East, the White House said in a statement.
Biden “strongly condemned” the drone and missile attack launched by Iran on Saturday, which the US president said “also threatened Jordan and the Jordanian people.”
The White House said that both leaders would “continue to monitor the situation and will remain in close touch over the coming days.”
The situation in Gaza was also discussed and the leaders “reaffirmed their cooperation to increase critical humanitarian assistance to Gaza,” while also seeking a way of ending the crisis as soon as possible.
While it is officially not known which of Israel’s neighbors participated in the shooting down of the wave of missiles fired by Iran on Israel, one such country appeared to be Jordan.
“There was an assessment that there was a real danger of Iranian marches and missiles falling on Jordan, and the armed forces dealt with this danger. And if this danger came from Israel, Jordan would take the same action,” Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi said in an interview on Al-Mamlaka state television at the weekend.
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Skip next section Israel mulls response to Iran’s attack as world leaders caution against escalation
04/15/2024April 15, 2024
Israel mulls response to Iran’s attack as world leaders caution against escalation
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said his country would do all it can to avoid further escalation.
“We are all worried about a possible escalation,” Macron told BFM TV and RMC radio in an interview.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron called on Israel not to retaliate, framing Iran’s attack as a “almost a total failure.”
“If you’re sitting in Israel this morning, you’re thinking quite rightly, we have every right to respond to this and they do. But we are urging that they shouldn’t escalate,” Cameron told British broadcaster Sky News on Monday.
“In many ways this has been a double defeat for Iran. The attack was an almost total failure, and they revealed to the world that they are the malign influence in the region prepared to do this. So our hope is that there won’t be a retaliatory response.”
Saturday saw Iran launch hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in response to a suspected on April 1, in which two Iranian generals were killed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday said it, along with international partners, had intercepted 99% of the over 300 drones and missiles launched.
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