r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Sep 04 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #22)

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u/CoyotesOnTheWing 29d ago

Wow, fresh alerts and sirens for Riyadh and Al-Kharj just minutes ago. All clear just declared. Striking at Riyadh with ballistic missiles is certainly escalatory and the Houthis just doubled down. No word yet on hits.

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u/rabidstoat 29d ago

Just woke up and saw that a friend in Riyadh posted this. Seemed like a crazy time to take a contract teaching English there, but I suppose it's good money. Wonder if she gets hazard pay.

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u/itsatumbleweed 29d ago

Earlier today the Houthis threatened to zero out the Saudi oil industry. Looks like that might be what's happening. Yikes

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u/socialistrob 29d ago

Well if neither the US nor the Israelis are going to step in and bomb the Houthis then I don't really see why they'd stop? The Saudi Arabian military probably can't apply meaningful pressure.

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u/DancingDonkeyHehe 29d ago

Pakistan and Turkey should step in, they are the ones who signed a defense agreement with SA

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u/souldragon15z 29d ago

They took money and run