Iran claims hitting US military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait

TEHRAN — Iran’s Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Tuesday that they hit US military targets including air defense systems in Bahrain and Kuwait, IRNA news agency reported.The IRGC said they struck two air defense systems and a radar installation at two different US outposts in Bahrain, as well as missile defense systems and radars and satellite reception systems in Kuwait.“With this radar sweep, the enemy should prepare for even more decisive and powerful waves of drone and missile attacks,” it said in a statement carried by IRNA.The announcement came as the United States said it struck Iranian military command centers, air defense systems and missile launch sites in overnight attacks.The Iranian army said early Tuesday that it targeted US HIMARS missile systems in Kuwait in response to attacks by American forces.In a statement, the army said its Ground Force targeted the HIMARS systems with surface-to-surface missiles during the 18th phase of Operation Saegheh.It said targeting the systems would degrade the “enemy’s” offensive and defensive capabilities and reduce its missile strike capacity.Earlier, air raid sirens sounded across Kuwait, while the Kuwaiti army said its air defense systems were responding to “hostile” Iranian missile and drone attacks.The US military launched a fresh round of strikes against Iran late Monday.Explosions were reported across southern and southeastern Iran, while air defenses were activated near the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, according to Iranian media.The US Central Command said the operation was intended to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.Iran’s army said it targeted “three major US bases in Kuwait” with kamikaze drones.Targets including administrative buildings and direction-finding antennas at Camp Arifjan, a helicopter parking area at Camp Al Udairi and “the troop accommodation building” at Ahmad Al Jaber Air Base, according to Iranian state TV IRIB.