Iran's army said it struck the Sheikh Isa base in Bahrain and the Al-Azraq base in Jordan with Arash drones early Friday morning, targeting fuel depots, warehouses, and living quarters. The claim is unverified by independent sources.
The Iranian army issued a detailed claim early Friday specifying that its Arash one-way attack drones struck fuel depots, warehouses, storage facilities and living quarters at the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, and hangars, aircraft maintenance facilities and living quarters at the Al-Azraq base in Jordan. The statement is the latest in a series of Iranian assertions of strikes on U.S. facilities in the region over the past weeks, and follows a sequence of unverified reports and official acknowledgments earlier this morning.
At 07:40 Jerusalem, initial reports emerged of Iranian strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan and Bahrain. Minutes later, Iran issued its first official acknowledgment of attacks on American military installations in those two countries. A third report, from the Hezbollah-affiliated outlet Abu Ali Express, expanded the claimed strikes to include the Erbil area in Iraqi Kurdistan, describing them as retaliation for U.S. raids the previous night. The current army statement provides the most detailed target and weapon description so far, but remains unconfirmed.
Over the past weeks, The Zioneer has reported multiple similar Iranian claims of drone and missile strikes on U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar — all without independent verification. On July 22, The Zioneer also reported that U.S. fighter jets struck 15 targets in southwest Iran, hitting IRGC bases and missile sites. The Iranian claims have consistently been dismissed by U.S. and host-country officials, though no official response has been issued to the latest assertion.
No independent confirmation of the strikes exists, and no response has been received from the United States, Bahrain, or Jordan. Damage assessments, casualty figures, and any evidence of the claimed attacks remain unavailable.
4 developments
- StrongIran claims overnight strikes on Al-Azraq base in Jordan and Sheikh Isa base in Bahrain
- ConfirmedIranian Army Claims Drone Strikes on Two US Bases in Kuwait; Sirens, Explosions Reported in Bahrain
- StrongIran's army and Revolutionary Guard claim strikes on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar
- StrongIran's army blames Israel, US for strikes, claims drone attack on Kuwait, Bahrain
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