Turkey says Israel leading Middle East to 'total disaster'

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday accused Israel of leading the Middle East towards "total disaster" by attacking Iran on June 13.

"Israel is now leading the region to the brink of total disaster by attacking Iran, our neighbour," he told a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul.

"There is no Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Yemeni or Iranian problem but there is clearly an Israeli problem," Fidan said.


He called for an end to the "unlimited aggression" against Iran, adding: "We must prevent the situation from deteriorating into a spiral of violence that would further jeopardise regional and global security."