The US expanded its military campaign against Iran over the past several hours, launching fresh strikes across multiple provinces as Tehran responded with missile and drone attacks targeting US military facilities in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.
Kuwait’s air defences are responding to hostile drone attacks, the army’s General Staff said in a post on X, describing them as part of an Iranian attack.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry says warning sirens have been activated, urges residents to seek shelter and to remain calm and head to the nearest safe location.
A US attack has caused limited damage to part of an industrial facility on Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to Iranian authorities.
The United States will withdraw all of its remaining troops from Iraq by the end of September this year, according to a joint announcement by the US and Iraqi governments.
Areas surrounding a cancer hospital in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz have been hit in a missile attack, prompting patients and their families to flee the facility, according to an Iranian Health Ministry official.
A children’s cancer treatment hospital in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz has reportedly been evacuated after nearby US airstrikes struck the area, according to Iranian officials.
Iran has vowed to defend its territory against continued US military actions, as Washington intensified its campaign with new operations in the Strait of Hormuz and the United Nations warned that the growing confrontation risks triggering a wider regional conflict.
The conflict between the United States and Iran intensified from Wednesday into Thursday as both sides exchanged military actions, with new US airstrikes targeting southern Iran, Iran reporting fresh casualties, and drone attacks extending into Iraq and Kuwait.
The humanitarian toll of the latest United States military strikes on Iran continues to rise, with Iranian officials reporting more than 260 people injured and dozens killed in attacks carried out across several parts of the country.
