US thwarts ‘surprise’ Iran missile attack, and joins forces with Saudis to hit targets in Iraq

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The US military said it knocked down an Iranian missile barrage and worked with Saudi Arabia forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days.

In what Washington cast as an attempted surprise attack" by Tehran, Iran had launched multiple ballistic missiles at US forces in the Middle East, shattering a brief pause in fighting. Iran's target was a US base in Jordan, Axios cited a US official as saying.