Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has said it destroyed eight US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain during overnight missile and drone strikes in retaliation for US attacks on Iranian targets, according to state broadcaster IRIB.
The IRGC said on Sunday the operation was jointly carried out by its naval and aerospace forces and targeted eight military infrastructures belonging to the US Army at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and facilities linked to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
The statement said ballistic missiles and drones were used in the strikes, which it described as retaliation for recent US attacks on Iranian facilities in Sirik and Qeshm.
According to IRIB, the operation came hours after heightened tensions in Gulf waters and marked one of the most significant direct Iranian strikes on US regional assets since the start of the conflict.
The latest escalation came despite a recently signed memorandum of understanding, brokered by Pakistan, which aimed to end the war that began on February 28.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s interior ministry said a Qatari citizen was killed and another person injured after a delayed vessel was located off Qatar’s coast following a search and rescue operation.
In a statement, the ministry said maritime patrols had noticed that one vessel, carrying two people on board, had failed to return at its scheduled time as part of routine maritime monitoring conducted by the General Directorate of Coasts and Border Security.
Search operations began on Saturday evening, and in the early hours of Sunday, rescue teams located the vessel.
According to the ministry, the search revealed that a Qatari citizen had died after being struck by shrapnel caused by “military operations” in the area.
