Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that its armed forces, in coordination with U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), carried out "targeted strikes" against Iran-backed groups in Iraq that it said were responsible for drone attacks on the kingdom's oil facilities.
CENTCOM said the operation followed more than 30 drone attacks over the previous 72 hours that it said were "directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against U.S. forces and Saudi energy infrastructure".