Iraqi FM warns against expanding war on Lebanon
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein on Thursday warned against any major Israeli attack on south Lebanon.
“I discussed with my Iranian counterpart the dangerous signals about the possibility of an attack on south Lebanon and the expansion of the war’s geography,” Hussein said after meeting acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani.
“This would affect the entire region and expanding the war is not only dangerous for Lebanon but rather for the whole region,” Hussein added.
The Iranian minister similarly called for "putting an end as quickly as possible, and without preconditions," to "war crimes" and "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.
He said Israel, in response to their "failure" in Gaza, "may seek to commit further wrongs and broaden the scope of their aggression", but Iran would not allow anyone "to harm stability and regional security, even if only a little."
The statements come after Israel assassinated senior Hezbollah military commander Taleb Abdallah, prompting the group to retaliate by firing around 200 rockets at key bases in north Israel -- the biggest number of projectiles fired in a single day since the start of the conflict.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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