Cameron says RAF strikes not an escalation in Middle East conflict

London [UK], January 15: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has denied the Royal Air Forces strikes in Yemen will escalate the picture in the Middle East, as he warned the world faces a period of great peril.
Cameron insisted it was the Houthis who had taken steps to escalate conflict in the region with their attacks on container ships passing through the Red Sea.
The militant group, which backs Hamas, claims they have targeted ships with links to Israel.
The Houthis' actions have posed a threat to the flow of global trade, disrupting merchant vessels from passing through the sea to the Suez Canal, a route which serves 15 percent of world shipping.
The Foreign Secretary denied that the UK had escalated the situation by taking part in US-led air strikes on Houthi military facilities across Yemen overnight on Thursday. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune