Key facts
- Iran announced strikes on US bases across the region, including Jordan.
- The strikes were stated to be in response to US "aggression in southern Iran."
- The IRGC claimed drone attacks on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
- Warning sirens sounded in Bahrain.
- Kuwaiti army air defense systems intercepted hostile aerial targets.
- Iran claimed to have destroyed 21 targets at US air and naval bases.
Iran's joint military command announced that a number of US bases across the region have been targeted, including a base in Jordan, stating the strikes were in response to US "aggression in southern Iran." The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later claimed responsibility for drone attacks on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, citing the same reason. Warning sirens sounded across Bahrain following the IRGC's claim, and the country's interior ministry urged the public to head to the nearest safe place. The Kuwaiti army reported that its air defense systems were intercepting hostile aerial targets. Overall, Tehran claimed to have destroyed 21 targets at US air and naval bases across the region. US forces had previously carried out strikes against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an American helicopter.