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Russia claims US, Israel trying to drag Arab countries into a wider Middle East conflict
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussia accuses the United States and Israel of trying to drag Arab countries into a wider Middle East conflict by “provoking” Iran into striking at targets across the region.
“They deliberately provoked Iran into retaliatory strikes against targets in some Arab countries, which led to human and material losses, which the Russian side deeply regrets,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
“In doing so, they are trying to drag the Arabs into a war for someone else’s interests.”
The only way to prevent the Middle East from being further destabilized is to stop the “aggression” of the US and Israel, the ministry contends, saying there are no signs for now that the two “aggressors” will halt their strikes.
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