{"id":256143,"date":"2026-08-19T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/256143\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:02:08","slug":"iraq-saudi-arabia-discuss-regional-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/256143\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq, Saudi Arabia discuss regional developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, discussed on Tuesday regional developments and approaches to de-escalate tensions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two ministers stressed the need to de-escalate the situation and return to dialogue, according to a statement cited by the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During their phone conversation, the two sides discussed developments in the region in light of growing tensions and the significant implications for regional security and stability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hussein and Fuad discussed measures for resolving issues peacefully, preventing tensions from rising and ensuring regional stability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hussein stated that continuing collaboration between the two nations, as well as with other countries in the region, is critical to settling the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coordination between Baghdad and Riyadh follows US-Saudi attacks on Iran-linked militia locations in several Iraqi provinces on July 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdad\u2019s security cooperation with Riyadh has grown more vital as the government seeks to prevent Iran-backed militias from drawing Iraq into a larger regional conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, discussed on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,34,19147,6780,94,587,50,70687],"class_list":["post-256143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-baghdad","tag-iran","tag-iran-backed-militias","tag-iran-linked-militia","tag-iraq","tag-riyadh","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-us-saudi-attacks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}