Iran attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan in retaliation for US strikes

Al Jazeera:

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed attacks on United States military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement carried by state media on Wednesday, the IRGC said it launched drone attacks on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait, as well as a long-range missile strike on an airbase in Azraq, Jordan.

It said it attacked 21 US targets and destroyed four of them, including an F-35 fighter jet hangar at the base in Jordan.

It also claimed to have shot down a US MQ-9 drone in the skies over the Iranian city of Jam.

The latest flare-up comes after the US military attacked Qeshm Island and ports along the Iranian coast in the Strait of Hormuz after blaming Iran for downing a US Apache helicopter earlier on Tuesday.

The IRGC said the US’s attacks had caused damage to a telecommunications tower in the town of Sirik and destroyed two water tanks there.

It warned that its forces remain fully prepared to deliver a “crushing and decisive” response to any US military actions and that Washington would bear full responsibility for the consequences of further escalation.

There was no immediate comment from the US.