Several Mideast leaders urge Trump to take the deal with Iran - Axios

Several of the Middle Eastern leaders involved in a phone call with the US president on Saturday urged Donald Trump to take the deal with Iran, Axios reported citing a source briefed on the call with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan.

A regional source told Axios all the Arab and Muslim leaders on the call with Trump urged him to go ahead with the deal to end the war and de-escalate the situation in the region.

"The message from everyone was - please stop the war for the benefit of the whole region."

Trump is expected to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the day, an Israeli official was quoted as saying.