Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Middle East is experiencing an “incredibly volatile time,” telling reporters that “we’ve not seen a situation as dangerous as the one we’re facing now across the region since at least 1973,” when the Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Yom Kippur War, led to heavy death tolls on both sides. The escalating violence includes recent reports of attacks in Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, as well as the drone strike in Jordan that killed three American troops — which may have been the result of U.S. air defenses confusing enemy and friendly drones, The Washington Post reported.
