Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain said they intercepted new Iranian attacks overnight, while Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said early on Wednesday that it had launched an attack on US bases in Iraq's Erbil with drones and missiles, according to Iranian state media.
Jordan said it intercepted and destroyed 10 ballistic missiles launched from Iran. Three other missiles fell in remote areas, the official Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported early Wednesday. No casualties were reported.
The Kuwaiti military also said its air defenses intercepted “hostile drone attacks” coming from Iran. It added that the explosions heard across the Gulf state were caused by the interception operations. Bahrain said its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed Iranian drones over the kingdom.
Iran had earlier said it targeted US military bases in Jordan in response to previous US attacks. Iran had already attacked US bases in Jordan.
Iranian media outlets reported attacks on a US base in Bahrain. No official confirmation was made.
On Tuesday, the United States and Iran said they had carried out new attacks against each other. US President Donald Trump said the United States had again targeted Iranian sites near the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement carried by state media, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched a “combined missile and drone attack” on US bases in Erbil, destroying a maintenance facility and warehouses containing technical equipment belonging to the US military.
The statement added: “Ground forces fighters also set fire to the base's fuel tanks and killed a number of attackers”.
