{"id":218658,"date":"2026-07-29T06:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/saudi-arabia-us-carry-out-strikes-on-iran-backed-groups-in-iraq-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T06:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:47:06","slug":"saudi-arabia-us-carry-out-strikes-on-iran-backed-groups-in-iraq-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/saudi-arabia-us-carry-out-strikes-on-iran-backed-groups-in-iraq-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia, US carry out strikes on Iran-backed groups in Iraq – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riyadh says its targeted attacks were done in coordination with the US military.<\/em>
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Iraq\u2019s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said eight of its members were killed in joint Saudi-US strikes on its sites across Iraq, and four others were wounded.
Saudi Arabia and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said early Wednesday that joint air strikes targeted Iran-backed militias in Iraq responsible for attacks on American troops and Saudi energy insfrastructure.<\/p>\n

The Saudi Ministry of Defence said in a statement the strikes were \u201cin response \u2060to recent drone attacks<\/a>\u201d and that\u00a0Saudi air defences had \u201cintercepted and destroyed several drones that attempted to target petroleum facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh regions\u2026. launched from Iraqi territory and carried out by Iran-aligned terrorist militias\u201d.
\u201cThe Kingdom emphasises that it does not seek escalation but will respond to any aggression it faces.\u201d
In a statement, the PMF \u2013 which is an umbrella group for Iraqi militias backed, trained and loyal to Iran, said the attacks represent a \u201chighly dangerous escalation\u201d and a violation of Iraq\u2019s sovereignty and official security institutions.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a self-proclaimed resistance armed group backed by Iran, denied any role in the attacks on Saudi Arabia. It said Saudi claims were \u201cfabrications\u201d and that \u201cany foolish Saudi action will be met with a harsh response\u201d.
The issue of the PMF has always been a contentious one between the Iraqi government and the US and other neighbouring countries. Under Iraqi law, the PMF is part of the country\u2019s security forces and reports directly to the commander-in- chief who is also the prime minister.\u00a0 Previous Iraqi government failed to rein in the power of these armed groups who at times strike US embassy in Baghdad and bases across Iraq at will and refuse government or military orders.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia on Thursday,\u00a0days after he ordered Iraqi security agencies to investigate the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

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Riyadh says its targeted attacks were done in coordination with the US military.SaveShareIraq\u2019s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said eight of its members were killed in joint Saudi-US strikes on its sites across Iraq, and four others were wounded.Saudi Arabia and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said early Wednesday that joint air strikes targeted Iran-backed militias […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}