Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the latest wave of US strikes, in a statement published by state broadcaster IRIB.
The IRGC’s Navy and Air Force said it launched a joint drone and missile attack on US infrastructure and facilities, including Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait; and Shaikh Isa Air Base and Juffair in Bahrain.
Juffair is home to the Naval Support Activity, the primary US Navy base in the Persian Gulf, which hosts the US Fifth Fleet.
The IRGC said the strikes were in response to US attacks on Iran’s southern coastal provinces and on two bridges in eastern Iran, IRIB reported.
Earlier, the IRGC said the US struck a railway bridge in Aqqala, an area northeast of Tehran, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. Video from Iranian media, geolocated by CNN, shows a damaged railway bridge close Aqqala.
Sirens warning of an incoming threat were sounding in Bahrain and Kuwait Thursday morning, according to authorities. Kuwait’s Army said its air defenses were responding to “hostile missile and drone threats.”
The IRGC warned that it will expand its response to other American bases in the region if the US retaliates, according to the statement published by IRIB.
Source: CNN
– Agencies
