US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn

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US and Saudi forces conducted strikes on Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 20 fighters and pushing the region into "uncharted territory," according to analysts. Baghdad condemned the raids as a violation of sovereignty, while the overt Saudi involvement marks a new escalation in the wider conflict involving Iran and its proxies.

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Riyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ warUS-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed militia in Iraq have pushed the region into “uncharted territory”, analysts have warned. Amid stark warnings of a widening and increasingly “unpredictable” conflict, Riyadh’s decision to publicly join the US in striking sites associated with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), killing at least 20 fighters, has added another complicating dimensio

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