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Attacks increase across the Middle East, raising the possibility of miscalculation
United Nations Rosemary DiCarlo, Director of Government Affairs, we first give an explanation to the ambassadors. He said that as everyone in the diplomatic community is well aware, “tensions involving multiple countries in the Middle East continue to rise.”
He said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had repeatedly warned of the risk of further military escalation and “miscalculations” since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack set the region on fire.
“We have been witnessing incidents in the region on an almost daily basis. These include approximately 165 attacks on US facilities in Syria and Iraq, prompting US attacks in both countries. '' DiCarlo said.
On January 28, a drone strike on a US military base in northeastern Jordan killed three US service members and injured 40 others, he said, and on February 2, the US reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. It added that it had carried out 85 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against forces associated with the (IRGC) Quds Force and its affiliated groups.
“The United States said it was targeting command and control operations, intelligence centers, and weapons facilities, among other things, and was not seeking conflict in the Middle East or elsewhere,” she reported, adding that both Syria and Iraq He also pointed out that Japan has condemned the attack.
Both countries also claimed that the attack resulted in civilian casualties.
2:45 p.m.
The talks took place against the backdrop of a series of US attacks on targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday.
The US claims these locations were used by Iranian-backed militias to launch attacks on troops stationed in the area. In late January, a similar attack on a Jordanian outpost killed three U.S. service members and injured dozens.
More than 85 targets were attacked in Iraq and Syria, including command, control and intelligence centers, munitions and logistics supplies, rockets, drones and missile bases, U.S. military officials said.
In recent days, the United States has also joined Britain in a defensive operation targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been used to launch attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
