I would think that any Saudi leader would want to get things a lot more settled in Yemen before expanding the conflict. It will be great if the Crown Prince (imminent King?) is so aware of Iranian threats, but I find it difficult to take the Debka piece at face value. Why would any Saudi Arabian leader want to blow up Lebanon right now? Only if they think Hizbullah is about to unleash something and they are acting pre-emptively???
“Why would any Saudi Arabian leader want to blow up Lebanon right now?”
The Saudis are being surrounded, and the dominoes in the region are rapidly falling in Iran’s favor.
The Pro-Western Kurds in Iraq were recently stripped of the Kirkuk oil fields (by Shia militias), and previous powerful ally Turkey has no sided with Iranian-leaning Qatar against the Saudis.
In recent weeks, Iranian-supported militias in Syria and Iraq captured the cities of Abu Kamal and al Qaim from ISIS, securing a road across the Syrian/Iraqi border.
This completes the long held Iranian strategic objective of securing a “Shia Crescent” - a continuous land route from Iran to the Mediterranean, where the Iranian military has freedom of movement. Saudi Arabia has just been flanked to North by their mortal enemy, who is already on their Southern Flank in Yemen, an eight hour drive from Mecca.
The Saudis are being surrounded.
Correction on Iran completing their “Shia Crescent”.
ISIS re-captured the Syrian Border City of Abu Kamal (Albu Kamal, Al Bukamal, are all correct variations).
This might be the Saudis last stand to prevent the Iranian envelopment, using their jihadi surrogates of ISIS.
Reportedly, Iranian General Sulemani has personally set up a command post to direct the battle, and lost his right hand man in the fighting. Looks like the Iranians will soon recapture the town and secure their main supply route however.