I know theres a lot of "it was the joos!" Out there but hear me out. This one lines up nicely.
Background - Russia has long propped up the Iranian regime as a counter to US/Israel in the region.
Premise - Israel had to neutralize Russias long range strike capabilities before risking a war on Iran.
Tactics - both attacks used infiltration and local drone assembly/attacks. Both totally novel and never seen before in close succession. Timng and tactics indicate the same origin.
Outcome - remaining capabilities moved to far east. Southbound ordinance would have to cross China, which is diplomatically touchy. Reduces but doesn't remove threat to Ukraine.
QED
Thanks, that's kind of you. Honestly, the ME is one giant power-struggle between Syria, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, and Israel with different powers gaining and losing influence at different times for different reasons. It's a fascinating read, but you basically have to understand all of it to understand any of it.
Iran's Cold War with Saudi Arabia and Israel has never been properly addressed in west. We think way too simply about all these relationships with these countries.
And of course all the way back to Constantinople as well. Most don't even consider the Holy Roman Empire.
Why do you think the USG was backing a Saudi war on Yemen which has killed some hundreds of thousands of people?
For exactly that reason. The Yemeni rebels were Iranian backed, the Saudis went in to try and shut that shit down. The US had no problem selling weapons to the Saudis to kill and disrupt Iranian irregular warfare efforts.
Right, and there they made absolutely no pretense of being 'concerned' about their 'human rights' or killing of civilians.
Yes.