Latest Mideast strikes between U.S. and Iran draw Saudi Arabia into conflict

Latest Mideast strikes between U.S. and Iran draw Saudi Arabia into conflict The U.S. and Saudi Arabia struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq after they launched attacks. Transcript JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: After a five-day pause in attacks between the U.S. and Iran, Iran has fired at U.S. targets in Jordan. The U.S. military called it a surprise attack. President Trump said the U.S. would hit back hard. This while the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have hit Iranian-backed security forces that are on the Iraqi government payroll. NPR's Jane Arraf is following events and joins us now from Jordan. Hi there.JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Hi.SUMMERS: Jane, let's start there with Jordan, where you are. Tell us what happened there today.ARRAF: Well, the U.S. and Iran paused those attacks to give diplomacy a chance, meaning messages were being exchanged through mediators. But early Wednesday, which is Tuesday evening U.S. time, Iran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. military installations on Jordanian bases. One of them, Iran said, was a military command and control center. So CENTCOM, the U.S. military, said this was a surprise attack. And President Trump told Fox News, in words we, frankly, cannot repeat on air, t...