‘Test for Zaidi’: Iraqi factions say orchestrated attacks on Saudi oil facilities to pressure PM

The attacks by Iran-aligned Iraqi factions on Saudi oil facilities were “deliberate and calculated,” aiming to appraise Zaidi’s resolve to push ahead with his disarmament efforts and test Washington’s support for him in the face of continued non-state armed activity.

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Pro-Iran Iraqi militia threatens to exact ‘heavy price’ for US-Saudi strikes

"We in the Al-Nujaba Movement will not allow the tyrants of Washington and the Saudi Arabs to defile the land of Iraq without exacting a heavy price from them in terms of their interests and security."

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Sadr says Iran should not attack Iraq, condemns militias dragging Iraq into ‘pointless war’

“I condemn the shameless actions of the militias to drag Iraq into a pointless war. I call upon the Iraqi government to establish security, enforce sovereignty, and work diligently for the safety of the Iraqi people and their holy sites,” said Muqtada al-Sadr.

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At least 20 dead, over 30 injured in US-Saudi strikes on Iraq: PMF

“According to information gathered, the attacks targeted PMF headquarters in the provinces of Baghdad, Wasit, Nineveh, Basra, Kirkuk, Karbala, and Diyala, also resulting in varying degrees of material damage to a number of headquarters, vehicles, and military equipment,” the PMF said.

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Saudi Arabia, US carry out large-scale attacks on pro-Iran militias in Iraq

Media affiliated with the Iraqi factions soon confirmed several attacks had targeted bases of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-linked but Iran-backed paramilitary umbrella group, in the provinces of Basra, Wasit, Karbala, and Diyala, as well as Nineveh, Kirkuk, and Salahaddin.

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Saudi Arabia urges Baghdad to restrain pro-Iran militias amid fresh drone attacks

"Major General al-Maliki explained that these terrorist attempts were launched again from Iraqi territory and carried out by Iranian-backed terrorist militias, emphasizing the Kingdom's inherent right to defend itself and its assets and its right to respond at the appropriate time and place," the state-owned Saudi Press Agency reported.

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Iraq’s disarming of Iran-backed militias: Deepening state capture or restoring sovereignty

As the end-of-September deadline for militia disarmament announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi draws near, questions linger regarding how his government will handle recalcitrant Iran-backed groups in what is set to be a major test of credibility.

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Saudi Arabia says intercepted drones launched from Iraq by Iran-backed groups

“These terrorist attempts were launched from Iraqi territory and carried out by Iranian-backed terrorist militias,” said a Saudi defense ministry spokesperson.

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Dissolution of Iraqi ‘resistance’ committee amid weapons control drive

A combination of Iran’s declining influence in Iraq, resulting from Tehran becoming increasingly preoccupied with consolidating its domestic front and confronting mounting regional challenges, the growing sense among Iraqi Shiite leaders that the US threats were serious, and their determination to preserve the gains they had secured since 2003, has shaped their response.

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