Jordan king says Israel’s Iran attacks threaten region and beyond

Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned in an address to the European Parliament on Tuesday that Israel’s “attacks” on Iran threatened to dangerously escalate tensions in the “region and beyond”.

Speaking as the arch foes traded fire for a fifth day, Abdullah said that “with Israel’s expansion of its offensive to include Iran, there is no telling where the boundaries of this battleground will end”.

“And that, my friends, is a threat to people everywhere,” he told lawmakers in Strasbourg.

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