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Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Middle East crisis: Lord Cameron back in region as US warns of 'sustained' reprisals for deadly drone strike

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron headed back to the Middle East on Tuesday as tensions spiralled following a deadly drone attack on US troops in Jordan, which sparked threats of “sustained” reprisals from Washington.

The former PM was holding talks in Oman after indicating that the Government could bring forward recognition of a Palestinian state before any peace deal with Israel, despite outspoken hostility to the idea from Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he met in Jerusalem last week.

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