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The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Aerospace Force vowed Friday that Iran would continue targeting U.S. assets across the region until attacks on its southern coastline and the Strait of Hormuz cease. The warning came as Tehran claimed responsibility for striking U.S. military sites across six Arab nations, and Kuwait reported soldiers wounded by Iranian drones on its territory.
In a statement carried by the Tasnim News Agency, Brig. Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi stated: "In our calculus, land is land; Tehran and the south are one indivisible part of Iran. Our effective and targeted strikes from across Iran against the enemy will continue until calm returns to the southern coastline and the Strait of Hormuz."
The IRGC said its Aerospace Force targeted a U.S. military base in Kuwait as part of what it described as the 12th wave of a retaliatory operation, according to the semi-official Mehr News Agency. It claimed to have hit a missile defense radar, several weapons depots, two HIMARS launchers and stored missiles, and to have triggered a large fire at the base.
The IRGC said the operation was in response to recent U.S. attacks that targeted civilian facilities, telecommunications infrastructure, railway workers and vehicles, causing casualties.
The IRGC navy targeted radar sites in Oman at dawn, including a U.S. air-control installation, Iran's ISNA news agency reported. According to the outlet, the IRGC claims that a naval control radar on the Salameh Rocks and a U.S. air-control radar in Oman's Ghanem region were both struck and destroyed.
In Syria, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force struck a U.S. special operations command center in the Al-Tanf region, according to Fars News Agency, claiming to have destroyed a radar system and several special operations helicopters.
The IRGC further claimed that a number of U.S. troops were captured during the operation. A Syrian military source denied Friday that Iran had bombed the Al-Tanf base near Syria's southeastern borders with Jordan and Iraq, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
"We deny any Iranian bombardment targeting the Al-Tanf area," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Jordan's military intercepted and shot down three Iranian missiles that entered its airspace, with no casualties reported, according to the state-run Petra news agency.
Separately, the IRGC said it carried out a two-phase attack using ballistic missiles and drones on U.S. fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft stationed in Jordan, according to IRNA.
Qatar's armed forces said they intercepted several aerial attacks targeting the country, according to the Defense Ministry, with the Interior Ministry reporting one child injured from falling shrapnel during the interception operations.
The IRGC claimed a separate attack on the U.S. Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, saying it destroyed a long-range radar system and several U.S. aerial refueling aircraft.
Iran also claimed it launched a drone strike on facilities used by U.S. military aircraft at Al-Sakhir Air Base in Bahrain, claiming to have hit areas where U.S. helicopters and P-8 patrol aircraft were stationed.
Bahrain's Defense Force said its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed "a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks" on Friday.
The Kuwaiti army said several Kuwaiti soldiers were injured Friday morning after Iranian drones targeted multiple military facilities and bases in the country.
In a statement, the army said Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Khaled Daraj Saad al-Shuraian and Deputy Chief of General Staff Air Vice Marshal Sabah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah visited the wounded members of Kuwait's Land Forces and were briefed by medical teams on their condition and treatment.
The army did not disclose the number of casualties or identify the specific sites targeted, describing the strikes as part of what it called "criminal Iranian aggression."
Kuwait's military had previously said its air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones targeting the country.
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