‘US seeks to contain escalation with efforts on multiple tracks’: Analyst

Ibrahim Fraihat, an associate professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says the US is giving a message to Iran by ordering a guided missile submarine and an aircraft carrier group to hasten its arrival to the Middle East. “The US is working on multiple tracks,” he said. “One is posturing in the region and sending a very strong message to Iran that ‘We are ready not only on the rhetoric level by making statements, but also by sending aircraft carriers and submarines to the region in order to be ready and defend Israel’,” the academic said. He reminded that the international community is preparing for the August 15 truce talks on the war in Gaza. Meanwhile Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud joins live from Khan Younis for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #USMiddleEast #IranTensions #MilitaryPosturing #AircraftCarrier #SubmarineDeployment #WarOnGaza #IsraelMilitry #TruceTalks