Iran launches missiles and drones against Gulf states after U.S. airstrikes

After the United States carried out a large air campaign against Iranian targets – striking about 140 military sites in Iran in retaliation for an earlier Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles and drones at U.S.-linked facilities across the Gulf region. The attacks hit bases and installations in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Jordan, including a U.S. radar site in Kuwait, a command‑and‑control centre and drone hangars in Jordan, and a fighter‑jet maintenance facility in Qatar. Gulf air‑defence systems intercepted the projectiles; Kuwait reported interceptions, Oman said drones struck the Musandam enclave, Jordan saw three missiles fall with no casualties, and Qatar reported three injuries, including a child, from falling shrapnel. Iran also announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, though U.S. Central Command maintained that the waterway remains open for commercial traffic. Casualties in the Gulf states were limited to the reported injuries in Qatar; Iran reported one military officer killed in the U.S. strikes. The escalation has heightened regional security concerns and threatens global oil‑shipping flows.