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The spiraling crisis in Haiti is a flashing ‘red light threatening with spill out that could affect neighboring countries and regions, international affairs analyst Rocío Méndez Bautista told Sputnik.

Remarks of French President Emmanuel Macron on a possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine were aimed at creating deterrence and ambiguity toward Russia, and "everyone knows" that Western special forces are in Ukraine, an unnamed senior European defense official told Financial Times on Tuesday.

The French president did not rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine, an idea that has been overwhelmingly dismissed by other NATO allies. Just a couple days prior, Macron told farmers who are protesting in France to “calm down”, adding that their protests were “counterproductive”.

NATO countries disagree on sending their military to Ukraine and have not made a decision to do so, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday.

French lawmakers have been swift to respond to recent remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron about not ruling out sending Western ground troops to Ukraine.

Emmanuel Macron’s belligerent statement about possible dispatch of NATO soldiers in Ukraine is dangerous "posturing", pundits told Sputnik.

Iran's foreign minister expressed his commitment to continue supporting Hezbollah, emphasizing the interrelationship of Lebanon's security with that of Iran and the wider region.

Iran is trying to put the US in a "lose-lose" situation where it is either forced to escalate or continues to lose troops, an analyst said.

Three senior members of Iran-backed militia have been killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad - the latest in a series of retaliatory strikes by Washington.

The United States on Friday conducted major airstrikes on dozens of targets across Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan last month that killed three US troops.