We do not want a major escalation in our region: Qatar | U.S.-Iran conflict

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Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said on Tuesday (August 4) that efforts are ongoing to seek a diplomatic resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict, and that mediators including Qatar, Pakistan and Oman are coordinating closely to facilitate negotiations and exchange drafts between both sides. An attack on a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz and a rebound in oil prices on Tuesday underscored doubts that the U.S.-Iran war was nearing a resolution, as Tehran pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that talks were under way. Oil prices rose nearly 3% after a steep selloff in the previous session as investors reassessed optimism over diplomacy, while a cargo vessel reported being struck by an unidentified projectile near the Strait of Hormuz off Oman's coast, according to the UKMTO maritime security agency. Iran has halted most traffic through Hormuz while Washington maintains a blockade of Iranian shipping and ports, disrupting a corridor

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