Biden says Israel should seek 'other alternatives' to striking Iran oil sites

AFP | Washington, United States

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President Joe Biden yesterday urged Israel against striking Iran's oil facilities, a day after he said the United States was discussing the possibility of such strikes with its ally.

"If I were in their shoes, I'd be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields," Biden told reporters.

He said the United States was working to rally the international community to avoid all-out war in the Middle East.

"The main thing we can do is try to rally the rest of the world and our allies into participating... to tamp this down," he told reporters.

Reports a;sp saod tje US forces carried out strikes on 15 targets yesterday in areas of Yemen controlled by the Huthi rebels, the military said.

"US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes on 15 Huthi targets in Iranian-backed Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen today," the military command responsible for US forces in the Middle East said on social media.

'I don't know' if election will be peaceful

President Joe Biden further said he wasn't confident the US election in November would be peaceful, due to previous comments by Republican contender Donald Trump.

"I'm confident it will be free and fair. I don't know whether it will be peaceful," Biden told reporters as he made the first appearance of his presidency in the White House briefing room.

"The things that Trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous.