Turkey’s Mission to Put an End to the Iran War

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan did not mince words as he toured the Middle East as the war in the region escalated: “It should be especially noted that the primary responsible party for this war, which has drawn our region into an unprecedented crisis, is Israel.” The statement is the clearest articulation yet of Ankara’s effort to position itself as both a critic of the conflict and a broker seeking to end it.