On July 28th, the US Central Command issued a statement on social media, stating that the US and Saudi military carried out 'precision strikes' against 'Iran-backed terrorists' in Iraq on that day.
These terrorist elements, acting under instructions from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, attempted to attack US military and Saudi energy infrastructure. The US Central Command states.
The statement said that over the past 72 hours, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran directed more than 30 drone attacks. In response, American and Saudi warplanes attacked several "logistic and weapons facilities belonging to terrorists" in eastern Iraq.
The US Central Command also stated that between February and April 2026, Iranian-backed militias launched more than 600 attempted attacks against American citizens and facilities in Iraq.
According to reports by the Iranian Fars News Agency on the 29th local time, Iraqi sources said that Saudi Arabia attacked a dormitory of the Iraqi Shiite militia organization 'People's Mobilization Group' in the Iraqi province of Wasit.
The Saudi Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 27th, stating that Saudi air defense forces intercepted and destroyed several drones from Iraq that attempted to attack oil facilities within Saudi territory.
