Saudi Arabia joins the war and launches an attack with the US against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq

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Tensions in the Middle East are rising again. Early Wednesday morning, 20 members of the pro-Iranian militia Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed and 32 more were injured in an attack launched by Saudi Arabia and the United States against several of their headquarters in Iraq. This is Riyadh's most evident involvement in the war between Tehran and Washington, which began on February 28th, and it could lead to a new escalation in the region. Specifically, Riyadh, jointly with Washington, bombed the PMF general headquarters in the provinces of Baghdad, Wasit, Nineveh, Basra, Kirkuk, Karbala, and Diyala.