The US launched its first air strikes against Islamic State positions in the Iraqi city of Tikrit to back up the Iranian-commanded Iraqi operation Thursday.
In a separate air operation, the warplanes of Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies joined by Egypt began bombing Yemeni cities to halt the Iran-backed Houthi rebellion.
According to our SIS sources, President Obama decided Wednesday to accede to the Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi’s request for air support to de-stall the Tikrit operation against ISIS.
Nothing has been said to indicate whether the Iranian forces, including Revolutionary Guards officers, remain in the area.
The Middle East nations were the first to rise up and take military action to thwart the US-Iranian strategy embarked on by President Barack Obama to buy a nuclear deal by empowering Iran to attain hegemonic status in the region.
It appears that the Obama administration prefers as little as possible to be mentioned about US-Iranian battlefield coordination in Iraq versus the Islamists, especially since it was not exactly a big success.
