Iran Guards say targeted US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait as West Asia broil reignitesAFPLast Updated: Jun 11, 2026, 06:51:00 AM ISTSynopsisIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced strikes on bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC stated eighteen US Army targets were hit in Ali and Ahmad Ahmad Air Force bases. Sheikh Isa air bases were also reportedly destroyed. This action follows recent US strikes. Iranian media had previously reported an attack on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.Listen to this article in summarized formatIANSRepresentational image.Tehran: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday that they had struck bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the latest US strikes."During two waves of operations, eighteen important targets belonging to the US Army in the bases of Ali and Ahmad Ahmad Air Force (were hit)," the Guards said in a statement quoted by state-run IRNA, adding that they also "hit and destroyed Sheikh Isa air bases".Iranian media earlier reported that Iran had attacked the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.Read More News on