Saudi Arabia’s Strikes in Iraq Mark Entry Into U.S.-Iran War.

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they had carried out joint airstrikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq, and Iran launched an attack on sites in Jordan. Max Bearak Raja Abdulrahim and Lara Jakes American and Saudi fighter jets attacked Iranian-linked militias in Iraq on Wednesday, and Iran fired missiles at military bases in Jordan and oil tankers, ending a days-long pause in direct fighting between the United States and Iran and further widening the scope of the war. Iran-allied groups in Iraq and Yemen, and potentially Lebanon joined the fighting. The United States accused the Iranian military on Wednesday of directing its allies in Iraq to attack “U.S. forces and Saudi energy infrastructure,” in what would be a serious escalation.

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