Sun 28 Jun 2026 10.46 CESTLast modified on Sun 28 Jun 2026 10.47 CESTBoats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesBoats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesFrom 15m agoOpening summaryWelcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.Earlier this morning, Iran has said it launched a joint missile and drone ⁠operation targeting ​eight US military ‌sites in ‌Kuwait and Bahrain. This comes after the US launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after it struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz.According to US Central Command (Centcom), these strikes were in “direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping” and that it had targeted Iran’s “military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities” in response.Both countries have accused each other of violating their truce, training negotiations meant to end the Middle East war.Both Bahrain and Kuwait denounced the Iranian attacks. The Kuwaiti military said air defenses intercepted incoming Iranian drones and missiles Sunday morning, just after the US strikes. Kuwait, which hosts a major US army base, said it had detected and intercepted two ballistic missiles and there were no reports of injuries or damage.Bahrain said the Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near the international airport and no one was killed. The ministry released photos of an 8-story building, with the top floor completely destroyed, filled with rubble and its windows blown out.Iran said on Sunday it was determined to defend its sovereignty after the latest US strikes on the country.“Iran strongly condemns the airstrikes by the terrorist US army on several monitoring and surveillance facilities on the southern coast of the country in the early hours of Sunday,” the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it “stresses its determination to defend Iran’s national sovereignty” against US attacks.US president Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement in a post of social media and said the US may be “forced to militarily complete the job”.“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” he added.You can read the full report here:Oil tankers sail in the Arabian Gulf waters, off the coast of Kuwait City on 27 June 2026. Kuwait came under attack from “hostile” missiles and drones, the country’s army said on 28 June. Photograph: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty ImagesIn other developments: