Qatar warns region ‘close’ to point where war escalation cannot be controlled

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Qatar on Tuesday warned the war in the Middle East was close to a threshold where it cannot be controlled after US President Donald Trump set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “We have been warning since 2023 that escalation left unchecked will get us into a situation where it cannot be controlled and we are very close to that point,” Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said. – Qatar warns region ‘close’ to point where war escalation cannot be controlled