DIRECT. War in the Middle East: Iran strikes Qatar and Kuwait; the United States retaliates
7:36 a. m. – Guardians announce attack on Al-Tanf military base in Syria The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, announced on Friday that they had attacked the Al-Tanf military base in southeastern Syria, according to state television. The Guards aviation “carried out a surprise attack on the enemy’s special operations command center in the Al-Tanf region […]
7:36 a. m. – Guardians announce attack on Al-Tanf military base in SyriaThe Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, announced on Friday that they had attacked the Al-Tanf military base in southeastern Syria, according to state television. The Guards aviation “carried out a surprise attack on the enemy’s special operations command center in the Al-Tanf region of Syria,” state television wrote on Telegram. The United States announced in February that it had withdrawn from the Al-Tanf base and ceded control to the Syrian army. 6:46 a. m. – Army repels missile attack in DohaQatar announced overnight from Thursday to Friday that its army had repelled a missile attack, after journalists heard explosions in the capital Doha. “The Ministry of Defense (…) announces that the armed forces intercepted a missile attack targeting the State of Qatar,” the ministry wrote in a statement published on X. 6:30 a. m. – Kuwaiti army faces “drone and missile attacks”The Kuwaiti Air Force announced on the night of Thursday to Friday that it was facing “drone and missile attacks”, attributed to Iran, while alert sirens sounded in Bahrain, after the United States carried out new strikes against the Islamic Republic. In a statement published onIn Bahrain, where air alert sirens were triggered according to the Interior Ministry, Iran said it was targeting, using drones, P8 helicopters and reconnaissance planes of the American army stationed on the Sakhir base, in response to attacks by the United States against Iranian “urban infrastructure”, in a press release relayed by state television. The night’s newsA series of explosions shook different areas in southern Iran, state media reported Thursday evening, after the United States announced a new round of strikes. American airstrikes hit an airport and two bridges in southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, overnight from Thursday to Friday, according to Iranian state media.