Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said.
The Saudi attacks, not previously reported, mark the first time that the kingdom is known to have directly carried out military action on Iranian soil and show it is becoming much bolder in defending itself against its main regional rival.
The attacks, launched by the Saudi Air Force, were assessed to have been carried out in late March, the two Western officials said. One said only that they were "tit-for-tat strikes in retaliation for when Saudi [Arabia] was hit."
Rooters was unable to confirm what the specific targets were.
In response to a request for comment, a senior Saudi foreign ministry official did not directly address whether strikes had been carried out.
The Iranian foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
Saudi Arabia, which has a deep military relationship with the United States, has traditionally relied on the US military for protection, but the 10-week war has left the kingdom vulnerable to attacks that have pierced the US military umbrella.
Since the war began, Iran has hit all six Gulf Cooperation Council states with missiles and drones, attacking not only US military bases but civilian sites, airports and oil infrastructure, and closed the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global trade.
GULF STATES
This marks the second Gulf country to join the United States and Israel in their war against the Islamic Theocratic
Republic, after it was reported that the United Arab Emirates also secretly carried out multiple military strikes on Iran.
Citing "people familiar with the matter," Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the UAE carried out strikes before and after the April 8 ceasefire.
One of the strikes — a response to the April 5 Iran attack on the Emirati Borouge petrochemicals site — was "coordinated" with Israel, Bloomberg said.
According to one source, the two cooperated on Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars petrochemical complex the next day.
Throughout the war, cooperation between the two countries included the sharing of intelligence, detection and interception of Iranian missiles and drones, and selecting Iranian targets, said the sources.
During the US-Israel war on Iran, Tehran launched sustained attacks on the UAE, firing some 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones, according to the Emirati defense ministry, making it the most-targeted country in the region, including Israel.
The UAE has not acknowledged any offensive strikes, but has repeatedly stressed its right to defend itself.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the UAE had carried out an attack on Iran’s Lavan Island.
Israel sent an Iron Dome battery and soldiers to operate it to the UAE, American officials said this week, with Israel’s envoy later confirming this.
The UAE reported that likely Iranian attacks restarted over the past week in its territory, as Tehran appeared to be ramping up its strikes in the region despite the fragile ceasefire.
DIPLOMACY DURING WAR
Saudi Arabia has meanwhile sought to prevent the conflict from escalating and has stayed in regular contact with Iran, including via Tehran’s ambassador in Riyadh. He did not respond to a request for comment.
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