Kuwait, Bahrain respond to Iran attacks

Kuwait and Bahrain announced Sunday that their militaries were actively responding to Iranian aerial attacks, as air raid sirens echoed across the two Gulf nations. Tehran intensified its retaliatory strikes throughout the region, prompting defensive measures in its neighbors.

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Kuwaiti air defences are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks, following the sinful Iranian aggression.

The Kuwaiti army stated that its air defenses were engaged in confronting "hostile missile and drone attacks, following the sinful Iranian aggression." Simultaneously, an AFP journalist reported warning sirens sounding in Kuwait City. In Bahrain, the island kingdom which hosts the US Fifth Fleet, the military confirmed its air defenses "confronted, intercepted, and destroyed a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks." Blasts were heard in northern Bahrain, and warning sirens rang out across the capital, Manama.

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Bahrain’s air defences confronted, intercepted, and destroyed a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks.

Earlier on Sunday, Iran's army declared it had targeted two U.S. bases in Kuwait with drones. This action was presented as a response to alleged American attacks on Iranian territory. State media quoted a statement from Iran's army specifying "large-scale attacks with kamikaze drones against the U.S. military’s ammunition depot at Camp Udairi and the Patriot radar system and air surveillance radar at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait."

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Iran said earlier it carried out “large-scale attacks with kamikaze drones against the U.S. military’s ammunition depot at Camp Udairi and the Patriot radar system and air surveillance radar at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.”

Both Kuwait and Bahrain, which house significant U.S. military installations, have been impacted by Iran's attacks on its Gulf neighbors since hostilities resumed this month. These actions have occurred despite a ceasefire and memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran. On Saturday, Kuwait reported that Iran had struck a power and water plant, as well as an oil facility. This preceded a U.S. announcement of bombardments aimed at "punishing" Iran after the first U.S. military deaths since the renewed hostilities. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that two service members were killed on Friday while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, with another service member still missing in action.

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Two service members were killed on Friday as they “defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.”