Qatari PM: Iran attacks are ‘a very dangerous escalation’, but war was ‘started by Israel’

Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has urged an immediate cessation of hostilities in the region and said “trust must be restored” in a press conference, alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

He said this is a war “started by Israel, and Iran chose to attack their neighbours” in retaliation.

Turkey also called Tehran’s attacks on regional countries “unacceptable”. 

Both countries labelled Israel as the initiator of the war, but said that Iran has a “historic responsibility” not to escalate regional instability. 

Just ahead of the announcement, alarms went off to signal a possible missile or drone attack in the area, but the conference went ahead as planned.