Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stated on Saturday at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Bahrain that he is "extremely worried" a new escalation in the US-Iran war would be more destructive and have a major impact on the Middle East. He described a potential second round as "more dangerous" and noted that an interim agreement reached in June failed to secure a lasting ceasefire or restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.