Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on US military sites in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain on Saturday morning, according to Iranian state media outlets.
Sirens sounded early Saturday morning in Kuwait when drones targeted US ammunition stores and communication assets at Ali Al Salem Air Base, along with other installations, according to a statement from Kuwaiti Army forces and Iranian state media.
Following these attacks, a fire reportedly broke out at a power generation and water desalination plant in Kuwait, as stated by the country's Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy Ministry. The ministry added that several power generation units were shut down and that efforts were ongoing to contain the fire and carry out repairs.
Operations at Kuwait International Airport were suspended due to repeated missile and drone threats.
Later, Kuwaiti authorities stated that firefighters were putting out fires at three different scenes after Iranian shrapnel fell in several residential areas.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation also said one of its oil facilities was hit on Saturday by "repeated Iranian attacks," resulting in significant material damage and some injuries, according to Kuwait’s state news agency.
In its subsequent statement claiming responsibility for the Kuwait attacks, the IRGC warned that countries hosting US forces should expect "corresponding responses" if their territory is used for attacks on Iran, as reported by the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency.
"Since there is no international institution to prevent the savagery of the US military, we have no path before us except the Quranic command: ‘Whoever attacks you, attack them in the same manner'," the IRGC said in a statement.
IRGC strikes Jordan with drones, ballistic missiles
The IRGC also claimed to have targeted US military assets at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and the Al-Azraq Base in Jordan.
Jordanian authorities later reported that their forces intercepted a total of ten Iranian ballistic missiles and four drones on Saturday, according to Jordanian media citing the country's military.
No casualties or material damage were reported as a result of the attack.
However, the IRGC notably claimed that it had also destroyed at least two US fighter aircraft and three other aircraft during a missile and drone attack early on Saturday on the US base in Al Azraq, Jordan, according to Iranian state TV.
Additionally, the IRGC also claimed responsibility for an earlier attack in Bahrain at Sheikh Isa Air Base, where US combat aircraft were stationed, as well as at an intelligence data center known as Batelco, according to Iranian state media.
Sirens sounded in Bahrain several times over the course of Saturday morning, according to reports from the Bahraini Interior Ministry.
Iran also launched attacks on Saudi Arabia for the first time in about three months, according to two people familiar with the matter, triggering early warning alarms in Al-Kharj, east of the capital Riyadh, and at Yanbu on the kingdom's Red Sea coast.
The people said one attack had targeted the Prince Sultan Air Base in Al-Kharj, which hosts US forces.
Saudi state media did not elaborate on what triggered the early warnings, and the government media office did not respond to a request for comment. The IRGC made no mention of any attack on Saudi Arabia.