Saudi fighter jets strike pro-Iran militias in eastern Syria: Independent Arabia

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Is this one of those "so it begins" moments?

Saudi fighter jets strike pro-Iran militias in eastern Syria: Independent Arabia
Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Saudi Arabian fighter jets participated in a recent operation targeting Iranian militia positions in the eastern Syrian city of Albu Kamal across from the Iraqi border, according to a report by Independent Arabia citing a western source.

The source told the news outlet that the operations resulted in the killing and wounding of several militants as well as the destruction of several weapons depots, including missiles and drones.

Saudi fighter jets, including jets [from other countries] monitored changes in the positions of Iranian militias, especially those of the Quds Force in Albu Kamal and other areas in the Iraqi-Syrian border, destroying warehouses, batteries, missiles and a drone base all believed were about to be used by Iran to strike other Saudi targets after targeting Aramco,” the western source, who declined to be named, told Independent Arabia.

Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/09/18/Saudi-fighter-jets-strike-pro-Iran-militias-in-eastern-Syria-Independent-Arabia.html

Marco Rubio
@marcorubio
The most powerful response to #Iran’s attack on #SaudiArabia is to deprive them of deniability. Because how can the #JCPOA signatories justify remaining in an #IranDeal that doesn’t address the missiles used in this attack or the terror groups Iran supports?
8:22 PM · Sep 18, 2019·Twitter for iPad

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1174493918886584320

Exactly!

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Yemen’s Houthis threaten to attack targets in the United Arab Emirates
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2019/09/18/Yemen-s-Houthis-threaten-to-attack-targets-in-the-United-Arab-Emirates.html

Kuwaiti army places some units in a ‘state of combat readiness’

Kuwaiti marines re-enact the landing at Garouh Island, Kuwait, on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2011. (AP)
AFP Thursday, 19 September 2019

Kuwait’s army said Wednesday it was raising its readiness levels and carrying out military exercises, amid soaring regional tensions after neighboring Iran was accused of attacking Saudi oil infrastructure.

Kuwait also said it was investigating accounts that a drone intruded into its airspace and flew over the royal palace on Saturday, the same day an assault on two oil facilities knocked out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production.

“In view of the escalating situation in the country, the General Staff of the Army announces the lifting of the combat readiness of some of its units,” it said in a statement posted on Twitter.

More at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2019/09/19/Kuwaiti-army-places-some-units-in-a-state-of-combat-readiness-.html

All three of these articles are from al Arabiya so, I thought I'd just add these two in. You can see, we are dealing with a fairly dynamic situation currently.