The military escalation in the Middle East risks sparking warfare with irreversible consequences, the head of the ICRC has said, following US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, AFP reports.

“The intensification and spread of major military operations in the Middle East risk engulfing the region — and the world — in a war with irreversible consequences,” Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, said in a statement.