Saudis, UAE Warn of Dangers of a War Spreading in the Region
- Israel is weighing response to Iran’s missile and drone attack
- Two Gulf states warn of the ‘dire consequences’ of a wider war
An Iranian ballistic missile which fell in Israel on the weekend, at the Julis military base near the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Malachi on April 16.
Photographer: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP/Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates called for maximum “self-restraint” in the Middle East to spare the region “from the dangers of war and its dire consequences,” in an unusually frank joint statement Wednesday.
The comments came after a call between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as tensions escalate following Iran’s missile and drone strikes on Israel on Saturday night.