{"id":787432,"date":"2026-07-27T14:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787432\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:27:18","slug":"saudi-says-iran-backed-groups-in-iraq-targeted-territory-with-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787432\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Says Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq Targeted Territory With Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dronefront.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsAppVideo2026-05-15at09.23.58.gif\" alt=\"The Drone Front\" width=\"1280\" height=\"539\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saudi defense ministry said on Monday that its forces had intercepted and destroyed several drones launched by Iran-backed groups in Iraq targeting petroleum facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident comes despite a brief halt in recent fighting between the US and Iran since Saturday, following 13 days of exchanges of fire between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saudi ministry said the \u201cterrorist attempts were launched from Iraqi territory and carried out by Iranian-backed terrorist militias,\u201d according to an official statement posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense ministry said the drones were targeting areas in the country\u2019s east and the capital Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia demanded that Iraq prevent its territory from being used to launch attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kingdom \u201caffirms the necessity for the Iraqi government to take all necessary measures to ensure the prevention of the use of its territory as a launching point for aggression,\u201d read a statement posted by an official Saudi broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pro-Iran armed groups based in Iraq have not claimed any attacks in Iraq or the region since the resumption of hostilities between the US and Iran earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations had accused pro-Iran militias in Iraq of launching waves of attacks targeting their territory during the earlier phase of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest incident comes as Saudi Arabia and Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have traded strikes in recent days, with the Houthis announcing the imposition of a naval blockade on the kingdom\u2019s ports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The Saudi defense ministry said on Monday that its forces had intercepted and destroyed several drones&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,801,14945,3,131,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-787432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-news","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}