Iran targets US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan after US strikes

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday it had launched drone and missile attacks against U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan. The IRGC described the operations as retaliation for recent U.S. strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to a statement carried by Iranian state media, the IRGC said it launched drone attacks targeting the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. It also carried out a long-range missile strike on an airbase in Azraq, Jordan. The IRGC claimed it targeted 21 U.S. military sites, destroying four, including an F-35 fighter jet hangar at the Jordanian base. The corps also stated its forces shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone over the Iranian city of Jam.

The escalation follows U.S. military strikes on Qeshm Island and several ports along Iran’s coast in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington launched those attacks after accusing Iran of downing a U.S. Apache helicopter earlier on Tuesday. The IRGC said the U.S. strikes damaged a telecommunications tower in the town of Sirik and destroyed two water storage tanks.

In its statement, the IRGC warned that its forces remain fully prepared to deliver what it described as a "crushing and decisive" response to any further U.S. military action. It added that Washington would bear full responsibility for the consequences of any additional escalation.

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its forces remain fully prepared to deliver what it described as a “crushing and decisive” response to any further US military action, adding that Washington would bear full responsibility for the consequences of any additional escalation.