West Asia on verge of ‘dangerous slippery slope’, Iraqi PM tells US president
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has warned the United States and Europe that West Asia is on the verge of a "dangerous slippery slope" that could lead to more wars and threaten global stability, amid ongoing Israeli strikes across the region.
Al-Sudani made the warning in a letter addressed to US President Joe Biden and European Union leaders on Sunday ahead of the first anniversary of the Israeli aggression on Gaza that has expanded to Lebanon.
“We are now on the edge of a dangerous slippery slope that could drag the region and the world into continuous wars,” al-Sudani said, highlighting implications on the world economy and energy supplies.
Highlighting the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Iraqi prime minister welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a halt to arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza.
"This position stems from a true assessment of the seriousness of the situation in the region," al-Sudani added.
He urged intensified efforts to stop the targeting of civilians and to save the region from a war that, he said, “will have no winner except the logic of killing, sabotage, and destruction.”
He also reaffirmed Baghdad’s determination to continue efforts for regional de-escalation.
Israel launched the war on Gaza after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity on October 7, 2023 in response to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.
The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed more than 41,870 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 97,166 others. Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under rubble.
Israel has also been targeting Lebanon since October 2023, when it launched the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has been responding to the aggression with numerous retaliatory operations.
Since late last month, the regime has escalated its strikes on Lebanon, which has killed hundreds of people.
More than 2,000 people have been killed in Israel's attacks against Lebanon in the past year, according to the Arab country's Health Ministry.
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