{"id":564596,"date":"2026-07-29T03:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/564596\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T03:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:11:08","slug":"saudi-arabia-us-carry-out-strikes-on-iran-backed-groups-in-iraq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/564596\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia, US carry out strikes on Iran-backed groups in Iraq | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riyadh says its targeted attacks were done in coordination with the US military.<\/p>\n

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Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia has carried out targeted strikes against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq, in coordination with US Central Command (CENTCOM), according to a statement released by the Saudi Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n

The statement said the strikes early on Wednesday were \u201cin response \u2060to recent drone attacks<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

It said that Saudi 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kingdom emphasizes that it does not seek escalation but will respond to any aggression it faces,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n

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

\u201cIraq is committed to preventing Iraqi territory from being used as a route or launching point for any attack targeting brotherly or friendly countries,\u201d the Iraqi military said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed groups, denied any role in the attacks, saying the Saudi claims were \u201cfabrications\u201d and that \u201cany foolish Saudi action will be met with a harsh response\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riyadh says its targeted attacks were done in coordination with the US military. Published On 29 Jul 202629…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,6605,47,43,78,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-564596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-iraq","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}