Overview
- Reuters disclosed Tuesday that Saudi forces quietly struck targets inside Iran in late March, and fresh reports say Saudi jets also hit Iran‑backed militias in Iraq near the kingdom’s northern border.
- The raids followed weeks of Iranian missile and drone fire on Gulf states, with official tallies showing more than 105 attacks from March 25–31 and just over 25 the following week after the reprisals.
- Sources said some Iraqi strikes occurred around the April 7 U.S.–Iran ceasefire and aimed at sites used to launch drones and rockets toward Saudi energy facilities.
- Iraqi assessments recorded rockets fired into southern Iraq from Kuwaiti territory during the conflict, though it remains unclear whether Kuwaiti forces or U.S. troops based there carried out the launches.
- U.S. officials and earlier Wall Street Journal reporting say the United Arab Emirates also conducted covert hits inside Iran, as Riyadh publicly urged de‑escalation and used backchannels with Tehran to curb further attacks.