United States–Saudi strikes on Iraqi militias

Common card · No. 343513

On 29 July 2026, Saudi Arabia in coordination with United States Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted a series of joint airstrikes against sites belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and other Iran-backed Iraqi militias. The PMF said at least 20 of its members were killed and 32 wounded in the strikes, which hit sites across several Iraqi provinces. The operation coincided with an Iranian missile barrage against a US base in Jordan, which Jordanian forces said was fully intercepted. CENTCOM and the Saudi Ministry of Defense said the strikes targeted "terrorist logistics and weapons sites" linked to Iran-aligned militants, while the Islamic Resistance in Iraq denied any involvement in the earlier drone attacks and called the Saudi allegations "fabrications," and Iraq's leadership condemned the operation as a violation of the country's sovereignty. In August 2026, politicians in Iraq alleged that Falih Al-Fayyad, the current head of the PMF, had prior knowledge of the attack...

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