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The Associated Press said that the series of attacks launched by the United States and militant groups in the Middle East over the past five days increases American fears that the Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza could expand, with the failure of massive military strikes to stop the attack on shipping in the Red Sea from Before the Houthis.
  Even as the United States and its allies launched more than 20 strikes against Houthi positions on Friday in response to their attacks on ships, the group continued its naval attacks. Iran struck sites in Iraq and Syria, with which it said it targeted Israeli spy sites, followed by missile and drone attacks in Pakistan. According to what was reported by the Youm7 website in Cairo.
  The report found that the chaotic wave of attacks and the response to them, which included the United States, its allies, and its adversaries, indicates not only that Friday’s attack failed to deter the Houthis, but also that the broader regional war that the United States spent months trying to avoid, has become closer to reality. What confirms the gravity of the current situation is the expectation that the Biden administration will announce plans to reclassify the Houthis as a global terrorist organization, according to informed sources.
At the White House, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed that the United States is not seeking war and is not looking to expand what is happening, adding that the Houthis have a choice.
But in his speech to the Davos Economic Forum, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned that the expansion of attacks means that “allies” must be vigilant about this possibility, rather than moving towards preventing escalation, as we are on the path to escalation that we must deal with.
For his part, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the United Nations is “deeply concerned” about the reported ballistic missile attacks on targets in northwestern Syria and Erbil, Iraq, for which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility.
In the daily press conference held yesterday, Tuesday, Dujarric urged the exercise of maximum restraint "to avoid further escalation of tensions in an already volatile region, and the risk of a miscalculation leading to worse consequences." According to what was stated in the daily United Nations news bulletin, a copy of which we received on Wednesday morning
He explained that the Secretary-General of the United Nations also emphasizes that all security concerns between Iraq and Iran must be addressed by peaceful means through dialogue in accordance with the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and good-neighborly relations.
The United Nations Political Mission in Iraq "strongly condemned the Iranian attack last night on sites in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, which led to civilian casualties." The mission stressed the need to stop attacks that violate Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity by any side, and to address security concerns through dialogue, not attacks.