Iran War Live Updates: New Strikes Engulf More Countries in Conflict
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they had carried out joint airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and Iran targeted U.S. military sites in Jordan. Max Bearak Raja Abdulrahim Vivian Nereim and Ismaeel Naar American and Saudi fighter jets attacked Iranian-linked militias and their Iranian advisers in Iraq on Wednesday, and Iran fired missiles at military bases in Jordan . It ended a dayslong pause in direct fighting between the United States and Iran and further widening the scope of the war. Since the collapse of a cease-fire between the United States and Iran this month, Iran-linked groups across the region have opened new fronts and reopened old ones, embroiling forces in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan in the war that until recently had been contained to countries along the Persian Gulf.
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Since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began in late February, the kingdom has avoided becoming a direct combatant , though it has launched some secret retaliatory strikes on Iran , according to senior U.S. officials. 1 dead โ in the strikes