Putin says Middle East is on the brink of full-scale war
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Russian President Vladimir Putin walks during a festive reception of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war as tensions rose sharply between Israel and Iran.
"The fighting that began a year ago in Gaza has now spread to Lebanon," Putin, sitting beside Chinese President Xi Jinping, told a meeting of the BRICS+ group in the city of Kazan on the Volga.
"Other countries in the region were also affected. The degree of confrontation between Israel and Iran has sharply increased. All this resembles a chain reaction and puts the entire Middle East on the brink of a full-scale war."
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Felix Light; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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