The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its Aerospace Force and Navy struck 18 important targets at the Ali Al-Salem, Ahmad Al-Jaber, and Sheikh Isa airbases in Kuwait and Bahrain early Thursday. The statement frames the attack as retaliation for an earlier US strike on IRGC units and facilities near Bandar Abbas. The claim is unverified by US or local authorities and comes from an Iranian military source.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement claiming that at dawn on Thursday, units from its Aerospace Force and Navy launched an operation against the US military in Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC said the strikes hit 18 targets at three airbases — Ali Al-Salem and Ahmad Al-Jaber in Kuwait, and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain — calling the targets 'important' and describing the operation as retaliation for a US attack on IRGC service units, coastal posts, police command facilities, and the airport area in Bandar Abbas during two earlier operational waves.
As The Zioneer reported this week, the exchange is part of an escalating cycle between the US and Iran following American strikes near the Strait of Hormuz on June 9. The IRGC has issued escalating claims since: it announced an imminent response on June 9; claimed strikes on US Fifth Fleet positions in Bahrain on June 10; and asserted it targeted US Al-Azraq base in Jordan on June 10. US Central Command has dismissed earlier Iranian claims as false or unverified.
The IRGC's statement has not been corroborated by Kuwaiti, Bahraini, or US military sources as of early Thursday. The claim’s scale — 18 targets across three facilities — is significantly larger than previous IRGC claims and remains fully unverified.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake