As the United States completed its latest wave of attacks against the Iranian regime, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.
Hours after the United States completed a new wave of strikes against military targets belonging to the Iranian regime, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had targeted U.S. bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait in several phases using missiles and drones. At the same time, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the completion of its operation against dozens of military targets inside Iran.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 13, 2026
The military confrontation between the United States and the Iranian regime entered a new phase early Monday. Hours after the United States launched and completed a new wave of strikes against Iranian military positions, the IRGC announced that it had carried out several phases of retaliatory operations against U.S. military bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait. U.S. officials have not yet confirmed or denied these claims.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on the social media platform X that the latest wave of offensive strikes against military targets in Iran had concluded and that U.S. forces had struck dozens of targets across the country using precision-guided munitions.
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CENTCOM said that, for the first time, the operation simultaneously employed fighter aircraft, naval vessels, aerial drones, and one-way attack maritime drones. According to the command, the targets included the Iranian regime’s air defense systems, coastal radar installations, missile and drone capabilities, and fast attack boats.
In response, the IRGC announced that it had carried out its retaliatory operation in three phases against U.S. targets in the region.
In its first statement, the IRGC’s public relations office said the U.S. attack on the Iranian regime’s coastal positions came after the IRGC Navy had intercepted two ships, accusing them of disabling tracking systems and traveling along an “illegal route” in the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC said that in the first phase of its response it targeted and “destroyed” “several large missile storage facilities and fuel depots” at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan with missiles and drones.
In its second statement, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force had targeted and “destroyed” helicopter maintenance facilities, a hangar for a “P-8” electronic warfare aircraft, and a drone command-and-control center at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.
In its third statement, the IRGC claimed it had “completely destroyed” fuel storage facilities and a Patriot air defense system at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, as well as an “FPS” strategic radar system at Ahmad Al Jaber Air Base in Kuwait.
The IRGC concluded its statement by declaring: “The Strait of Hormuz is our land,” and said it would not allow the U.S. military “to continue its illegal interference there from the other side of the world.”
Minutes later, the public relations office of the Iranian regime’s army also announced in a statement that, hours earlier, in response to the U.S. attacks, it had struck the U.S. military’s “troop deployment areas, air defense and missile systems, shelters, and support facilities” in Kuwait.
Earlier, Nour News, a news outlet affiliated with the Iranian regime’s Supreme National Security Council, reported the start of “large-scale missile and drone attacks” against U.S. bases and naval vessels.
According to Nour News, the attacks were launched from missile bases in western and central Iran and targeted locations that had been identified following the repositioning of U.S. forces over the past 48 hours.
Officials of the Iranian regime had previously reported U.S. strikes on locations in the provinces of Khuzestan, Hormozgan, Bushehr, and Markazi. CENTCOM had stated that the objective of the operation was to reduce the Iranian regime’s capability to attack commercial shipping and to ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
As reciprocal attacks continue and both sides make new claims, the military confrontation between the United States and the Iranian regime has entered a phase that extends beyond Iranian territory and now encompasses U.S. military bases in several Arab countries along the Persian Gulf.
