Iran’s military says it destroyed American-linked facilities inside Kuwait, an oil-rich Gulf nation with no fight of its own in the Iran-U.S. conflict, while sirens sent civilians into shelters.
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- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims it hit U.S.-used bases in Kuwait, including Ali al-Salem and Ahmad al-Jaber air bases.
- Kuwait’s army says its air defenses intercepted incoming missiles and drones, and that explosions heard were interceptions, not hits.
- Kuwait’s government condemned the strikes as a violation of its sovereignty and international law, invoking its right to self-defense.
- No U.S. official has confirmed whether American equipment inside Kuwait was actually damaged.
- The strikes fit a months-long pattern of Iran hitting Gulf nations that host U.S. forces after American attacks on Iran.
Iran Claims Hits on U.S.-Linked Bases
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it destroyed eight facilities at Kuwait’s Ali al-Salem Air Base and struck aircraft shelters, satellite equipment, and storage sites used by American forces at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base. Iranian state-linked media called the operation a retaliatory strike on “key U.S. infrastructure” following American military action against Iranian targets. Iran named specific bases, making the claim easier to check than a vague accusation.
The timing lines up with a broader pattern. U.S. forces carried out strikes inside Iran, and Iran responded by hitting American-linked sites across the Gulf the same night, according to reporting on the exchange. That sequence — American strikes first, Iranian retaliation second — appears consistently across multiple outlets covering the region’s monthslong escalation.
