Iran Strikes Bahrain and Jordan in Retaliation for US Airstrikes at Hormuz

Al Jazeera Staff

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted to attacking US military bases in Bahrain and Jordan, framing the strikes as retaliation for American airstrikes on Iranian ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz. The move comes a day after a US Apache helicopter was shot down in the strategic waterway. Kuwait also reported intercepting hostile aerial targets, though no casualties have been reported.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it carried out attacks on the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and a base at Azraq, Jordan, using drones and long-range missiles. The state-run Iranian news agency reported the development on Wednesday.

Kuwait, which hosts US troops, also reported being targeted, with its air defense systems “intercepting hostile aerial objects.”

The new escalation follows an incident on Tuesday in which a US Apache helicopter was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials viewed the American strikes on their ports and islands as a retaliatory move for that downing.

No immediate casualties have been reported from US or allied forces in the region.

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