The US military said it had 'successfully defeated' a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks across the Gulf and carried out self-defense strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island

Kuwait's military separately said its air defences had intercepted "hostile missile and drone attacks", as air raid sirens howled across the country.

IRGC claim retaliatory strike on US base after American 'self-defence' operations

CENTCOM said the operations were in response to Iran launching ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, which were intercepted.

US forces repelled Iranian missile and drone assaults in the Gulf. Self-defense strikes targeted Qeshm Island. Iran's claims of hitting US Navy bases were denied. Kuwait reported…