“30 IRGC-directed” drone attacks in the past 30 days, including on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
Iran claims an attack on a US base in Jordan, with the Jordanian army saying it shot down five missiles at dawn.
Tehran rejects Oman’s proposal to split transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz, instead calling for full control of the inbound corridor and partial control of the outbound corridor.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held “positive and productive” talks, the White House says.
Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said early on Wednesday it had struck Iran—backed group targets in Iraq. The ministry said in a post on social media that Saudi Arabia was not seeking escalation, but will respond to aggression.
The operation was conducted jointly with US forces, it said.
Earlier, the ministry said it intercepted and destroyed a number of drones on Tuesday evening that attempted to target petroleum facilities in the Eastern Province.
The official spokesman for the ministry Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Malki said the “terrorist” attacks originated once again from Iraqi territory and were carried out by Iran-backed terrorist militias.
He affirmed the Kingdom’s inherent right to defend itself and its assets, as well as its right to respond at the appropriate time and place.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs ministry, in a statement, stated that this “aggressive approach adopted by the Iran-affiliated terrorist militias in Iraq came at a time when the Kingdom was exerting efforts to contribute to ending the escalation in the region, in a manner that preserves its security and stability.”
“However, these Iran-affiliated terrorist militias chose the irresponsible escalatory approach, the violation of international law, and the disregard for what Islamic brotherhood requires in terms of adhering to the principles of good neighborliness,” the statement said.
Drones launched from Iraq that attempted to target oil facilities in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province and Riyadh were intercepted on Monday.
A coalition of pro-Iran former paramilitaries in Iraq said Wednesday that multiple people were killed and wounded in US-Saudi strikes in the country.
“These attacks resulted in the martyrdom of a number of personnel and injuries to others, as well as material damage to several buildings and properties,” the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashed Al-Shaabi in Arabic, said in a statement.