“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater losses, but regional countries will also suffer greatly.”

China hosted a summit for African leaders last week while the Trump administration weighed adding two dozen more African countries to its travel ban list.

After Iran launched missiles at Israel in retaliation for strikes on nuclear and military facilities, a video has circulated in social media posts falsely claiming it shows a fire that broke out at an Israeli base after Iran's attack.