US-Israeli strikes on Iran in breach of international law, says Italian minister

ROME, March 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran which sparked the latest Middle East crisis were ​clearly in breach of international law, Italian ‌Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday.
It was the strongest criticism to date from Italy’s right-wing administration, ​which has sought to establish close ​ties with U.S. President Donald Trump since ⁠he took office last year.
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The decision to ​launch the strikes last weekend “of course fell outside, ​needless to say, the rules of international law”, Crosetto told the lower house of parliament.

He said Italy ​was being forced to respond to a ​conflict that the United States and Israel had initiated without ‌warning ⁠their allies and partners.
“It is a war that was started without anyone in the world knowing. One in which we, like the ​rest of ​the world, ⁠find ourselves having to manage (the consequences),” said Crosetto, who is a ​member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ​Brothers ⁠of Italy party.
Italy has said it will send air defence aid to Gulf countries and naval assets ⁠to ​Cyprus to help them ​protect against Iranian strikes launched in response to the U.S.-Israeli ​attacks.
Reporting by Alvise Armellini; Editing by Crispian Balmer

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