Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the U.S. did not know about and was not involved in a wave of exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, and urged restraint among all parties to avoid escalating further conflict in the Middle East.

US Secretary Antony Blinken denies reports that the United States had any prior knowledge of the deadly attack in Lebanon that saw hundreds of Hezbollah members’ pagers explode. “The United States did not know about,

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned against the risk of escalation in the Middle East after the detonation of thousands of Hezbollah pagers threatened to derail his latest regional diplomacy push.

Antony Blinken, who landed in Cairo hours after pager explosions across Lebanon on September 17, said the US did not know about, nor was it involved in these incidents, and it is still gathering infor

Here's what we know so far about the pager blasts. WHEN AND WHERE DID THE BLASTS TAKE PLACE? The detonations started around 3:30 pm local time in Lebanon in the country's south, the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahiyeh and the eastern Bekaa valley - all Hezbollah strongholds.

Gaza The US had no prior knowledge and was not involved in the deadly pagers blasts in Lebanon that killed 12 people, including Hezbollah members, and injured thousands, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken stated that the United States had no prior knowledge of a recent attack involving pagers in Lebanon and was not involved in the incident. Speaking at a news conference in Cairo alongside Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty,