Not all attacks on Gulf states coming from Iran, prominent Saudi Arabian editor suggests

Not all attacks on Gulf states coming from Iran, prominent Saudi Arabian editor suggests Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 17:33 Independent Arabia's Adhwan al-Ahmari raises concern that Gulf states could be left in open confrontation with Iran after US leaves Adhwan al-Ahmari, editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia, speaks to Asharq News in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 3 March 2026 (Screengrab) Off The editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia suggested in a television interview on Tuesday that not all attacks on the Gulf states may be coming from Iran, and that the US and Israel could lure them into the war, only to later abandon them. Adhwan al-Ahmari, a Saudi journalist and political analyst, highlighted with Riyadh-based Asharq News the numerous unverified claims of false-flag attacks . "Some believe this war is an American-Israeli trap to implicate the Gulf countries and draw them into a confrontation with Iran," Ahmari said.