Russia on Thursday accused the United States and Israel of trying to drag Arab countries into a wider Middle East conflict by provoking Iran into striking at targets across the region. “They deliberately provoked Iran into retaliatory strikes against targets in some Arab countries, which led to human and material losses, which the Russian side deeply regrets,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “In doing so, they (Washington and Tel Aviv) are trying to drag the Arabs into a war for someone else’s interests.” The only way to prevent the Middle East from being further destabilized was to stop the “aggression” of the US and Israel, the ministry added, saying there were no signs for now that the two “aggressors” would halt their strikes.Read more:Russia says it has seen no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons