Published July 8th, 2026 - 05:02 GMT
ALBAWABA - Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announced said in a statement on Wednesday to have hit dozens of American military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.The Iranian attacks came in response to U.S. bombings on Iran on Tuesday night, Iran's state broadcaster, IRIB, reported."In an initial response to this aggression, the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force carried out a joint missile and drone operation, striking 85 key U.S. military facilities" in the two countries, while also shooting down an MQ-9 drone, the statement read.Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday that the army carried out missile and drone attacks against U.S. military targets in the region in response to the latest American aggressive attacks against the Islamic Republic.A fire burns outside the grounds of the US Embassy headquarters in Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" on March 17, 2026 following a drone and rocket attack according to security officials. Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP"In the initial response to this aggression, the naval and aerospace forces of the IRGC, through joint missile and drone operations, destroyed 85 major U.S. military installations in Port Salman, the U.S. Fifth Naval Base in Bahrain, and Kuwait's Ali Salem Airbase, and shot down an enemy MQ9 drone that attempted to interfere in the operation," the statement continued.On the other hand, several explosions were reported near Sirik County and Qeshm Island in the southern Iranian Hormozgan Province on Tuesday night.The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on Iran in response to attacks on cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz by the IRGC earlier.
