Iran targets US bases, drone depot across Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain

Iran announced Friday it launched retaliatory strikes against US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, escalating regional tensions. The Iranian Army stated its forces conducted the 14th phase of "Operation Lightning," using drones to hit multiple US military sites in Kuwait and Jordan.

According to Iranian state media, targets in Kuwait included an ammunition depot at Al-Udairi Camp and facilities at Ali Al-Salem Air Base. The Army described Al-Udairi Camp as a key logistics hub and Ali Al-Salem Air Base as a major center for coordinating US air operations in the Gulf. In Jordan, Iranian drones reportedly struck fuel storage tanks at Al-Azraq Air Base.

Separately, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for targeting a US drone depot in Bahrain as part of "Operation Nasr 2." The IRGC stated its operation destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle storage facility, igniting a large number of drones and hitting what it called the "main artificial intelligence centre" with ballistic missiles and drones.

Tehran asserted these attacks were in response to overnight US strikes that it alleged targeted bridges and resulted in civilian casualties in Iran. The IRGC warned that continued US attacks on Iran's transport infrastructure would lead to Tehran targeting major industrial, IT, and AI assets linked to American companies in countries hosting US bases. Iran also declared countries hosting US military installations as "complicit" in the attacks against Iran.

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CENTCOM launched a round of strikes against Iran at 3 p.m. ET today for the seventh consecutive night. The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities at the Commander in Chief's direction.