ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has cautioned that the Middle East is edging toward a "ring of fire" due to escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah. "We call on all countries with conscience to put more pressure on the Israeli government," Erdoğan said at a joint press conference with his Senegalese counterpart, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in Ankara on Oct. 31. Israel’s continued strikes and Hezbollah’s retaliations signal the region’s slide into "a very serious ring of fire," he