Moscow Joins Western Powers in Urging Restraint After Iranian Strikes on Israel

The Kremlin has reiterated calls for restraint following a drone and missile barrage on Israel carried out by Iran over the weekend. “We’re extremely concerned about the escalation of tension in the region,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 15. “We call on all countries in the region to exercise restraint,” Mr. Peskov told reporters, adding that further escalation was “in no one’s interest.” His remarks come in the wake of a wide-ranging Iranian drone and missile attack on several targets inside Israel on April 13. The barrage, which was largely neutralized by Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system, was a response to an April 1 Israeli airstrike on Iran’s embassy in Syria....