Turkey calls for restraint to avoid wider Middle East conflict
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Turkey on Friday called on all sides to refrain from steps that could lead to a wider conflict in the Middle East, after Israel reportedly attacked Iran in a tit-for-tat retaliation for Iran's strike.
In a statement, Turkey's foreign ministry said the priority of the international community should be "to stop the massacre in Gaza and to ensure lasting peace" in the region by establishing a Palestinian state.
"It is becoming increasingly evident that the tensions that were initially caused by Israel's illegal attack on the Iranian Embassy in Damascus risk turning into a permanent conflict," it said.
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