The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has warned that the Middle East is on the edge of ‘a regional war’, as concerns grow about escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. Iran carried out a retaliatory fusillade on Israel over the weekend, after a senior Iranian commander was killed in a bombing on its consular building in Damascus. Israel has vowed to strike Iran again despite diplomatic pressure to avoid doing so. Speaking at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers, Borrell said: ‘We cannot go step by step, answering…
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