Gulf states take-'semi-neutral' stance on Iran - Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said some of U.S. allies in the Middle East have taken a "semi-neutral" stance in the armed conflict between the United States and Iran.

"When this thing started, surprisingly to everybody, they started shooting missiles at sort of semi-neutral countries. They were going after Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain," Trump told the WABC radio station in an interview.

The Iranian authorities said on many occasions that Tehran had not attacked any country in the region, targeting only U.S. military bases.