Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched missile and drone attacks on US military installations in Jordan and Bahrain early Wednesday, marking a dramatic escalation in the Middle East conflict .
The IRGC claimed it targeted the US Al-Azraq air base in eastern Jordan with long-range missiles, striking four locations including F-35 fighter jet hangars and a command centre . Iranian forces also reportedly attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain using drones .
The strikes came in retaliation for US military operations against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, which Washington said were a response to Iran’s downing of a US Apache helicopter on Tuesday .
Jordan’s armed forces said its air defence systems intercepted five Iranian missiles, with debris falling but no casualties reported . Kuwait also activated air defences against what it described as “hostile aerial targets” .
A US official told Reuters that initial assessments showed nearly all Iranian missiles and drones were intercepted, with no reports of US casualties or damage to American facilities .
The escalation has shattered a fragile ceasefire that had been in place since April 8 .
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