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Malek Fouda

US intercepts Iranian attack and launches joint strikes with Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed militias in Iraq

The US military said on Tuesday that it knocked down an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi Arabia's forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days, shattering a brief pause in fighting.

Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said that the attacks killed 20 people. The PMF, an alliance of of former paramilitary groups and factions now integrated into the Iraqi armed forces, said another 32 fighters were wounded in the surprise US attacks on its bases across seven provinces, according to a preliminary toll.

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