The region witnessed a new military escalation, as the US Central Command announced that US forces carried out a new wave of strikes on Sunday against targets inside Iran , targeting dozens of sites in multiple areas using precision-guided munitions.
The command said the strikes targeted Iranian military air defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone equipment, as well as small boats, with the participation of US fighter jets, Navy ships, aircraft and drone boats.
In a related development, the Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced the sounding of sirens and called on citizens and residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place, while following instructions through official channels, in light of the Kingdom being subjected to attacks as Iran targets American interests in the Gulf region.
The Kuwaiti army announced that it was confronting “hostile aerial targets within its airspace,” after Iran announced that it had targeted two air bases in the country in response to US airstrikes.
The Kuwaiti Army General Staff, according to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), said: “The armed forces are currently confronting hostile aerial targets within Kuwaiti airspace.”
For its part, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it targeted large missile depots and fuel storage facilities at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan with missiles and drones. Meanwhile, the Jordanian army stated that it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered the kingdom's airspace from Iranian territory.
The Revolutionary Guard also confirmed that its naval forces had stopped two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they had turned off their identification systems and taken an illegal route that endangered navigation.
The Revolutionary Guard accused the US military of instigating illegal maritime movements in the Strait of Hormuz, and said that the United States had launched attacks on Iranian coastal military bases, stressing that Iranian retaliatory operations against the US attacks were ongoing, and that more details would be announced later.
The Iranian claims regarding the targeting of the Prince Hassan base or the details of the naval operations in the Strait of Hormuz could not be independently verified.
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