Bahrain and Kuwait were targeted by Iran missile and drone attacks early Sunday morning in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic. Tehran cautioned a “complete halt” could come to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.
The Kuwaiti military confirmed air defenses countered incoming Iranian hostile fire just after the CENTCOM-authorized strikes, as Breitbart News reported.
Kuwait, which hosts a major U.S. army base, said it had detected and intercepted two ballistic missiles and there were no reports of injuries or damage.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said the Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near the international airport and no one was killed.
The U.S. military launched fresh strikes against 10 Iranian targets after Tehran ignored the ceasefire and launched a drone attack on a Panama-flagged oil tanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil.
U.S. President Donald Trump was quick to confirm the response and the reasons behind it.
Efforts to reopen the troubled Strait of Hormuz without Iran’s direct oversight sparked the crossfire now gripping the region and imperiled negotiations for a lasting ceasefire, AP reports.
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