US strikes over 80 Iranian targets, after attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz
Iran launched retaliatory missile and drone assaults on Bahrain and Kuwait.
The United States launched fresh strikes against Iran and revoked a temporary licence allowing Iranian oil sales on Tuesday. Within hours of the US operation, Iran launched a retaliatory missile and drone assault on targets across the Gulf. Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, sounded its missile alert sirens, while the Kuwaiti army announced it was actively responding to incoming aerial attacks. The renewed fighting came after three commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, in a sharp escalation that threatened to unravel a fragile ceasefire. Speaking at a Nato summit in Ankara on Wednesday, the transatlantic security alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said the US attacks were “absolutely necessary”.