US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn
US and Saudi forces conducted joint airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, resulting in at least 20 deaths and escalating regional tensions. The move has drawn condemnation from Baghdad and prompted retaliatory strikes from Iran.
Mourners in Mosul, Iraq, carry coffins draped in Iranian and Iraqi flags during a group funeral for Popular Mobilisation Forces fighters killed in US-Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday. Mourners in Mosul, Iraq, carry coffins draped in Iranian and Iraqi flags during a group funeral for Popular Mobilisation Forces fighters killed in US-Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday. Iraq US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn Riyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ war
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