The U.S. and Saudi Arabia launched joint strikes on Iran-backed groups in Iraq Wednesday, marking the first U.S. airstrikes in the region since President Trump paused attacks on Iran last week.
Iran, for its part, rejected an Omani proposal to jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz and said it had fired on ships in the strait and at U.S. bases in Jordan.
The renewed combat and diplomatic setbacks pushed oil prices up for the first time since last week, signaling no quick end to the war the United States and Israel started in February.
Iraqi Shiite men shouted slogans and "Death to America!" as they carried body bags out of a hospital in Mosul in northern Iraq, footage from Iraq's al-Ahad television showed.
Washington and Riyadh said they had jointly struck the Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq in retaliation for drone attacks on Saudi oil targets launched from Iraq.
