{"id":794763,"date":"2026-07-31T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794763\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:03:09","slug":"live-updates-us-iran-war-saudi-arabia-says-14-countries-back-maritime-alliance-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794763\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: US-Iran war; Saudi Arabia says 14 countries back maritime alliance proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Saudi Arabia is getting pulled further into the Middle East conflict, conducting joint strikes with the US against Iraq this week \u2013 despite the kingdom having spent months trying to avoid deeper involvement<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n What happened: Washington and Riyadh launched strikes on \u201clogistics and weapons site\u201d in multiple regions of Iraq on Wednesday local time, following attacks by Iran-backed armed groups on US forces and Saudi oil facilities.\n <\/p>\n

\n At least 20 people were killed and 32 others injured, according to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the umbrella group for Iran-aligned Iraqi militias that were targeted in the strikes.\n <\/p>\n

\n Iraq and Iran\u2019s response: Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks, according to Iranian state media. Iraq\u2019s recently elected President Nizar Amidi called the attacks \u201cunacceptable and a flagrant violation of Iraq\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Why Saudi Arabia got involved: In the last week, the kingdom has faced enemies from three directions: missile attacks from the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, drone attacks from pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and renewed threats from Tehran.\n <\/p>\n

\n On top of attacks to Saudi oil infrastructure, the Houthis also announced a blockade of Saudi shipping through a chokepoint in the Red Sea. This is a major escalation for the kingdom, which had re-routed much of its oil exports through Red Sea ports as the Strait of Hormuz remains paralyzed.\n <\/p>\n

\n Throughout the war between Iran, the US and Israel, the Saudi kingdom had kept open channels of communication with Tehran. But it may be losing patience as it fends off attacks from Iranian-backed proxies, while its economy suffers from the war.\n <\/p>\n

\n Officials meet: Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman met with Vice President JD Vance in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. They discussed the joint strikes, Saudi Arabia\u2019s response to attacks on its infrastructure, and the kingdom\u2019s view on the ongoing war, according to sources familiar with the matter.\n <\/p>\n

\n The minister also met with President Donald Trump, a source familiar told CNN.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia is getting pulled further into the Middle East conflict, conducting joint strikes with the US against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-794763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","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\/794763","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=794763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}