{"id":42252,"date":"2020-01-13T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T10:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=42252"},"modified":"2020-01-13T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T10:23:47","slug":"king-abdullah-of-jordan-warns-daesh-on-the-rise-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=42252","title":{"rendered":"King Abdullah of Jordan warns Daesh on the rise again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nTEHRAN: Iran has signaled it favors a de-escalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a passenger aircraft.
Security was stepped up in Iran\u2019s capital Sunday after a vigil the previous night for those killed in the air disaster turned into an angry protest and police temporarily arrested the British ambassador for being there.
US President Donald Trump warned Iran against harming demonstrators and against a repeat of a deadly crackdown against rallies in November sparked by a fuel price hike.
\u201cTo the leaders of Iran \u2014 DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS,\u201d Trump tweeted Sunday in his occasional all-capitals style.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, however, said Trump was still willing to \u201csit down and discuss without precondition a new way forward\u201d with Iran, although Tehran has steadfastly refused to hold talks with Washington unless it lifts sanctions first.
Tehran said it favored an easing of tensions after its arch-enemy Washington on January 3 killed a revered Iranian general, Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani, in a Baghdad drone strike.
In a meeting between Iran\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani and the visiting emir of Qatar, both sides agreed de-escalation is the \u201conly solution\u201d to the regional crisis.
Qatar hosts the largest US military base in the region but also enjoys strong ties with Iran, with which it shares the world\u2019s largest gas field.
\u201cWe agreed … that the only solution to these crises is de-escalation from everyone and dialogue,\u201d Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said on what was believed to be his first official visit to the Islamic republic.
For his part, Rouhani said: \u201cWe\u2019ve decided to have more consultations and cooperation for the security of the entire region.\u201d
Iran\u2019s president also met with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, whose country has offered to mediate between Tehran and US ally Riyadh.
In a briefing to parliament, Hossein Salami, commander of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, said the missiles it fired last Wednesday on Iraqi bases hosting US troops were not aimed at killing American personnel.
The US said no American personnel were harmed in the attacks.
Across the border in Iraq, the military said rockets slammed on Sunday into Al-Balad, an Iraqi air base where US forces have been stationed, wounding two Iraqi officers and two airmen.
The base had held a small US Air Force contingent as well as American contractors, but a majority of these personnel had already been evacuated due to the tensions between the US and Iran, military sources said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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