Iraq PM Office: Probe Confirms Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia Launched from Iraq, Iraqi Military Commander Dismissed

The dismissal signals Baghdad is treating the launch as an internal security and command failure, not merely an external incident, which raises the cost of allowing Iraqi territory to be used as a launchpad against Gulf states. That matters for Iraq's balancing act between Riyadh, Tehran and Washington at a moment when Gulf capitals are investing heavily in regional stability. The open question is whether this probe and punishment remain a one-off, or become the template for how Iraq handles future cross-border attacks attributed to its soil.