Israel dragging region into ‘total disaster’: Turkiye

ISTANBUL, Turkiye (MNTV) — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has urged the world nations to prevent the Israeli war against Iran from spiralling into a wider conflict. 

Speaking at a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Fidan told his counterparts from other Muslim countries that Israel is dragging the region into a “total disaster” with its attacks on Iran and regional countries. 

According to TRT Global, he called on Muslim countries to stand with Iran against Israel, and said the region had an “Israel problem” after its genocidal war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran.

“Israel committed genocide and created a bloodshed in Gaza, and unfortunately, Israel today attacks Iran, dragging the whole region into a disaster,” Fidan warned.

The top Turkish diplomat condemned Israeli aggression as the root cause of regional instability, stressing it is not isolated to Palestine, Iran, or Syria.

“This is not a problem of Yemen, Iran, Palestine, or Syria. The real problem is Israel,” Fidan said.

Türkiye, he added, stands ready to support diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership.

Fidan also stressed for OIC member states to act in unity and express unwavering solidarity with Iran against Israeli provocations. 

“The member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation should act together in unity, and we certainly believe that the member countries of the OIC should show a [sic] real solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he added.