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U.S. and Saudi Arabia Hit Iran Proxies in Iraq

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The five-day diplomatic pause lasted just long enough for thirty drones to get launched at Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

The U.S. agreed to take a five-day break from bombing Iran directly so diplomats could pretend to talk. Meanwhile, Iran’s proxy militias in Iraq decided that window was the perfect time to fire more than 30 drones straight at Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure in just 72 hours.

Saudi air defenses intercepted the wave of drones, and both allies quickly concluded that diplomatic timeouts do not cover weapons warehouses. Joint airstrikes pounded logistics hubs and weapons caches across eastern Iraq, including a facility tied to the Popular Mobilization Forces near Basra.

Nothing screams "diplomatic breakthrough" quite like coordinated midnight strikes across neighboring borders.

Source: CENTCOM

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  1. Drive-Thru Pickup
    diplomatic pause speedrun any%
    +3 funnyA speedrun of international relations that will surely end in a world record for fastest collapse
  2. Self-Made Sheriff
    So proxies can shoot 30 drones during a ceasefire but retaliating is escalation? Sure ok
    +6 solidPointing out the hypocrisy of geopolitical double standards is the only thing keeping us sane in this circus
  3. Gluten-Free Quarterbacker
    Gas prices about to do their usual dance again.
    +1 boringPredicting gas price fluctuations is about as insightful as predicting that water is wet