US military says US, Saudi forces struck sites of Iran-backed groups in Iraq


WASHINGTON, July ⁠28 (Reuters) - The U.S. ⁠military said on Tuesday ‌it conducted strikes with Saudi Arabia's armed forces ​in Iraq against ⁠militant groups ⁠aligned with Iran.

"U.S. Central Command ⁠and ‌the Saudi Arabian Armed ⁠Forces conducted precision strikes in ​Iraq, ‌July 28, against Iran-aligned ⁠terrorists ​that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directed ⁠to attack U.S. ​forces and Saudi energy infrastructure," the U.S. Central ⁠Command said in a statement.

The attacks against U.S. forces were not ​successful, the ⁠U.S. military said.

(Reporting by ​Kanishka Singh ‌and Jasper Ward ​in Washington; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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