Saudi Arabia has openly acknowledged its role in helping a newly established regional military coalition—comprising Israel, the United States, Jordan, the United Kingdom, and France—successfully repel an Iranian assault early Sunday morning. The confirmation came through an unusual post on the Saudi royal family’s official website.

The post referenced a KAN News story detailing Saudi involvement in the military operation, which effectively neutralized 99% of the Iranian drones and missiles before they could reach their targets. The statement highlighted that many of these drones and missiles had traversed Jordanian and Saudi airspace en route to Israel, underlining the strategic geographic positions these nations hold.

Saudi Arabia says it helped defend Israel against Iran

Saudi Arabia acknowledged that it had helped the newly forged regional military coalition — Israel, the United States, Jordan, the United Kingdom, and France — repel an Iranian attack against the Jewish state early Sunday morning, according to a story on KAN News.

The story spoke of the Saudi involvement in the military defensive operation in which 99% of the Iranian drones and missiles were destroyed before hitting their targets.

Many of the drones and missiles had to travel over Jordanian and Saudi airspace to reach Israel. 

A source connected to the Saudi Royal family told KAN that the country had a system to automatically intercept any suspicious entity in its airspace.

That source also charged that Iran had instigated the Gaza war, through its proxy group Hamas, to thwart US efforts for a Saudi normalization deal.

 

 

 

 

 

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