Iran attacks US bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain

Early Wednesday morning, Kuwait’s military said it was engaging hostile objects in the sky after Iranian state media reported that the IRGC had launched an attack on the Ali Al Salem Air Base inside Kuwait.

According to Iranian media, the Revolutionary Guard also claimed to have struck four locations at the American al-Azraq base in Jordan using long-range missiles. The IRGC stated that F-35 hangars and a command centre were among the targets, and warned that any additional US attack would be met with a “crushing and decisive” response.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry reported that air raid sirens went off there as well following Iran’s actions. Citing an unnamed US official, Axios correspondent Barak Ravid reported that Iran fired four ballistic missiles along with several drones at American facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.

A US official told the New York Times that although Iran launched multiple missiles and drones at various American positions across the region, nearly all of them were shot down. No US troops were killed and no bases were damaged, the official added.

The Iranian assault came as payback for American strikes carried out on Tuesday evening. US Central Command said those hits destroyed Iranian air defence systems, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM labelled its own action as “self-defence strikes” and “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.” The American strikes were triggered by Iran shooting down a US Army Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, according to CENTCOM.