US-Saudi Strikes Kill 8 Iraqi PMF Troops in Nineveh
π₯ NINEVEH β Saudi jets strike inside Iraq; Baghdad now has bodies to answer for. π LOOK CLOSER: Iraqi PMF are IRGC-linked and formally part of Iraq's state security apparatus β killing eight means Baghdad must respond politically or lose credibility with its own military. Saudi Arabia striking inside Iraqi territory is a geographic escalation neither Washington nor Riyadh has publicly authorized before. Iran gains a new casus belli; Oman's mediation window narrows sharply.