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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed attacks on United States military bases in Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation for US strikes on ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement carried by state media on Wednesday, the IRGC said it launched a drone attack on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and a long-range missile strike on a base in Azraq, Jordan.
- list 1 of 4US military launches ‘self-defence strikes’ targeting Iran
- list 2 of 4Trump vows retaliation after claiming Iran shot down Apache helicopter
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- list 4 of 4US attacks Iran after Apache helicopter downed in Strait of Hormuz
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Kuwait, which hosts US troops, said it was also under attack, with its air defences “intercepting hostile aerial targets”.
The latest flare-up comes amid tensions over the downing of a US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
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