Kuwait under missile, drone attack after US strikes Iran; what happened at Bandar Abbas?

Kuwait’s service said connected Thursday that its aerial defence systems intercepted hostile rocket and drone threats amid escalating tensions linked to the ongoing US-Iran conflict.The subject did not specify wherever the attacks originated from, Reuters reported.In a station connected X, Kuwait Army said, “The General Staff of the Army notes that immoderate detonation sounds heard are the effect of aerial defence systems intercepting the hostile attacks.”

The connection further urged citizens to travel each information and information instructions issued by the authorities.Fresh strikes aft Trump rejects Hormuz proposalThe latest escalation came hours aft US President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian authorities tv study claiming Tehran had obtained an unofficial draught statement aimed astatine restoring commercialized shipping done the Strait of Hormuz.According to the Iranian report, shipping postulation could instrumentality to pre-war levels wrong a month, with Iran and Oman jointly overseeing question done the strategical waterway.“Nobody's going to power the strait,” Trump said during a furniture gathering connected Wednesday. “It's planetary waters and Oman volition behave conscionable similar everybody other oregon we'll person to stroke them up.”

What happened astatine Bandar Abbas?The US subject carried retired caller strikes successful Iran connected Wednesday, shooting down 4 Iranian drones and hitting a power centre successful the confederate larboard metropolis of Bandar Abbas, adjacent arsenic Washington and Tehran proceed negotiations to extremity their three-month conflict.

As cited by AFP, a US official, speaking connected information of anonymity, said: "Today, US Central Command Forces changeable down 4 Iranian one-way onslaught drones that posed a menace astir the Strait of Hormuz. US forces besides struck an Iranian crushed power presumption successful Bandar Abbas that was astir to motorboat a 5th drone.“These actions were measured, purely antiaircraft and intended to support the ceasefire,” an unnamed US authoritative told Reuters.Iran says it targeted US airbaseIran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed connected Thursday that they launched strikes connected a US airbase astatine 4:50 americium section clip pursuing what they described arsenic an earlier US onslaught adjacent Bandar Abbas airport, according to Iran’s Tasnim quality agency.