Turkey says Israel dragged region into 'unprecedented crisis'

Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday said that Israel was the primary cause of the war, accusing it of threatening both regional and global stability.

Speaking at a press conference in Doha alongside Qatar’s Prime Minister and foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Fidan said the conflict had pushed the region into an unprecedented crisis.

“The primary cause of the war is Israel; it has threatened not only our region but global stability,” Fidan said, adding that the escalation had dragged the region “into an unprecedented crisis.”