Iran Responds to US Attack, Targets Military Bases in Kuwait-Bahrain

JAKARTA - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran targeted US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the latest wave of US attacks.

As reported by CNN, Thursday, July 9, the IRGC Navy and Air Force stated that they launched a joint attack using drones and missiles against US infrastructure and facilities, including Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, as well as Shaikh Isa Air Base and Juffair in Bahrain.

Juffair is the location of the *Naval Support Activity*, the main base of the US Navy in the Persian Gulf which is the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet.

The IRGC said the attack was in response to US attacks on Iran's southern coastal provinces and two bridges in eastern Iran, IRIB reported.

Previously, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, the IRGC said the US attacked a railway bridge in Aqqala, an area northeast of Tehran.

Video footage from Iranian media, the location of which has been verified by CNN, shows a damaged railway bridge near Aqqala.

CENTCOM said US forces had attacked "90 Iranian military targets" along the coastal region. The statement did not mention the bridge.

According to authorities, warning sirens of the threat that came sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait on Thursday morning. The Kuwaiti Army stated that their air defense system was responding to "hostile missile and drone threats."

Based on a statement published by IRIB, the IRGC warned that it would expand the scope of its response to other American bases in the region if the US carried out a retaliatory attack.