This is a completely different escalation order. Long-range missile strikes on Jordan’s Azraq region, home to F-35 infrastructure and command and control facilities, indicate that Iran is prepared to strike high-value US air power assets deep in the Gulf theater. The simultaneous opening of three fronts, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, indicates a coordinated doctrine of retaliation rather than opportunistic strikes. If F-35 hangars or command infrastructure in Blue are confirmed damaged, the implications for US regional air superiority and any further strike planning would be significant. Energy markets will digest the fact that this conflict has now spread far beyond Hormuz, with US logistics and military bases spread throughout the entire Middle East.
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for strikes on US bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, saying 21 targets were struck including F-35 hangars and command centres, while Kuwaiti air defenses reported intercepting enemy air targets.
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According to Iranian official media, statements from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and the Kuwaiti army:
- The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for strikes on four targets at the US Azraq base in Jordan using long-range missiles, including F-35 hangars and a command and control center.
- The Iranian Revolutionary Guard also claimed responsibility for drone strikes on the Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait; The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army confirmed that air defense systems are actively intercepting hostile air targets
- The Iranian army separately announced drone strikes on the US Fifth Fleet and radar facilities in Bahrain, considering the operation as retaliation for US strikes on civilians in southern Iran.
- The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said that 21 targets at US air and naval bases in the region were hit in the retaliatory operation.
- The Revolutionary Guard warned that it was ready for an overwhelming and decisive response to any further US military action
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched a sweeping, multi-front retaliation campaign against US military bases across the Middle East overnight, striking targets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in what Tehran described as retaliation for US strikes on its soil earlier in the day.
The most significant alleged strike was on the US Azraq base in Jordan, where the IRGC said it used long-range missiles to hit four targets including F-35 fighter jet hangars and a command and control center. The use of long-range ballistic missiles against a facility housing advanced US Air Force assets represents a major escalation and extends the conflict far beyond the Gulf theater where it began.
In Kuwait, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for drone strikes on Ali Al Salem Air Base. The Kuwaiti Army General Staff confirmed that its air defense systems are actively intercepting hostile air targets, making the Gulf state the third country in the region to be exposed to Iranian fire overnight. Bahrain, where Iranian drones targeted the US Fifth Fleet base, reported earlier that its air defenses repelled an attack.
On the three fronts, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it had struck 21 targets at US air and naval facilities. The Iranian military framed the operations as direct retaliation for US precision strikes on Iranian air defense, radar and ground control sites near the Strait of Hormuz, and specifically noted the civilian impact of those strikes, including damage to water infrastructure in the Bomani area of Sirik.
The Revolutionary Guard issued a stark warning that it was prepared for an overwhelming and decisive response to any further US military action, language that suggests Tehran views the current exchange as an opening round rather than a conclusion.
The conflict, which began with the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, expanded within hours into a multi-country standoff that now directly implicates US base infrastructure across the region.
