Svmuu News: According to four people familiar with the matter, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a large-scale airstrike against Iran on Saturday following weeks of lobbying by two unusual Middle Eastern allies—Israel and Saudi Arabia.The sources said that although Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has publicly supported a diplomatic solution to the Iran issue, he has privately called U.S. President Donald Trump multiple times over the past month, strongly advocating for the U.S. to launch airstrikes.Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to publicly lobby the U.S. to strike Iran, which he views as Israel’s “mortal enemy.”Under pressure from all sides, Donald Trump ordered large-scale airstrikes against Iran’s leadership and military. The strikes went ahead despite U.S. intelligence assessments that the Iranian military was unlikely to pose a direct threat to the U.S. mainland within the next decade. (The Washington Post)