Why Jordan, and maybe even Saudi Arabia, helped defend Israel

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When Iran launched its barrage of drones and missiles against Israel over the weekend, they ran into interference from one or two unlikely sources. The reasons why Jordan and, reportedly, Saudi Arabia helped thwart the attack are varied, complex and perhaps self-serving, observers say. But they may also reveal the Arab nations' greater concern about the threat posed by Iran and in preventing a widespread regional conflict. Iran launched its missiles and drones at Israel in response to an apparent Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1 that killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals. Almost...