Iran Attacked Them, Now Arab Nations Want To Join The Fight: Trump
Arab nations that were initially reluctant to join the American-backed military campaign against Iran are now pushing to take an active role, and it was Iran's "surprising" actions. That is according to United States President Donald Trump, who told CNN on Monday that several Arab countries came under fire from Tehran and changed their position. "We were surprised. We told them, 'We've got this,' and now they want to fight. And they're aggressively fighting. They were going to be very little involved, and now they insist on being involved," Trump told CNN. Joint American and Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend triggered a wide-ranging response from Tehran. Iran launched missiles and armed drones towards Tel Aviv and towards US military installations across the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on the day 1 of those strikes. Exclusive: Will Iran Get To Pick Its Leader After Khamenei? What Israeli ...