🇮🇶🔥 IRAQ’S MILITIA CRACKDOWN FACES A NEW TEST
The drone attack on Saudi Arabia from Iraqi territory is putting new pressure on Prime Minister Al-Zaidi to act against armed groups operating outside state control.
🚨 Iraqi forces are investigating the attack and pursuing those responsible.
⚖️ Possible consequences could include arrests, criminal charges and prosecution if the perpetrators are identified. Iraqi officials have also warned that factions refusing to disarm could face serious legal consequences.
🛡️ For Al-Zaidi, the issue goes beyond the Saudi attack: it is about ensuring that weapons, armed operations and national security remain under the authority of the Iraqi state.
💥 If those responsible are identified and prosecuted, this could become an important test of Iraq’s ability to enforce its disarmament agenda.
👀🇮🇶 The next question: Will Al-Zaidi move from warnings and negotiations to concrete action against armed factions?
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Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-Zaidi ordered security forces to identify and pursue those responsible, after Baghdad condemned the attacks and pledged that Iraqi territory would not be used against neighboring nations. Saudi Arabia said three drones launched from Iraq struck the pipeline near Riyadh and Madinah on Thursday, causing casualties and damage and forcing a precautionary shutdown. Iraq closed the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran as a precaution, and security forces launched a wider operation to detain suspects.
The Saudi pipeline offers an alternate export route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, making the incident significant for regional energy flows already strained by the war with Iran.