Iran launched early morning missile and unmanned aerial assault vehicle attacks against US Gulf allies Kuwait and Bahrain, which however “failed” to hit the targets, while also retaliating in “legitimate defence”, the US armed forces conducted “strikes” on the Iranian island of Qeshm, targeting a “control station” said the joint command responsible for the Middle East (CENTCOM, “central command”).
According to the same source, two missiles fired at Kuwait missed or disintegrated in flight, while three missiles fired at Bahrain were “immediately intercepted” by the kingdom’s and US anti-aircraft defence forces. Furthermore, three drones that had been launched against ships in the region were destroyed, always according to CENTCOM.
Earlier, Kuwait’s army said anti-aircraft defense forces were operating to repel “an attack with drones and missiles” for the second night in a row, while the emirate’s KUNA news agency reported that alarm sirens had sounded. On Monday, Kuwait’s foreign ministry called Iran “solely responsible” for the “heinous” attacks.
On the other hand, the Revolutionary Guards — the Islamic Republic’s ideological army — announced that they had targeted a US military base in the region, as they did last Thursday when Kuwait announced a similar attack. They also said they targeted the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet, located in Bahrain, with missiles and unmanned aerial assault vehicles. CENTCOM denied shortly before 03:00 (GMT) that the headquarters and a US airbase in the area were hit.
They said it was in retaliation after a US attack on their telecom tower on Keshm Island.
Iran and the US have repeatedly accused each other of violating the ceasefire, which went into effect on April 8 after about a month of hostilities.
The indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war that erupted on February 28 with the US-Israeli attack on Iran seem to have been sinking into quicksand in recent weeks.
