US strikes Iranian radar sites after drone shootdown in Strait of Hormuz
Iran says it targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation, drawing condemnation over the ‘blatant act of aggression’
American forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran towards the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries.
The US military believed the four Iranian drones were targeting regional maritime traffic, a US official told Reuters. US Central Command said on social media that Washington then struck Iran’s surveillance sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island, which are both on the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes and fired on four tankers attempting to cross the strait without its permission.
Kuwait’s state media said air defences were intercepting missile and drone attacks, while in Bahrain sirens sounded and residents were urged to seek shelter.
Kuwait and Bahrain condemned the strikes. Kuwait’s foreign ministry described the Iranian attacks, including the latest strike early on Saturday, as a “blatant act of aggression” that ignored international calls to halt such actions and posed a direct threat to citizens, residents and regional security, a ministry statement said.