Donald Trump’s war has escalated after Tehran retaliated by firing missiles and drones at war-weary US allies in the Middle East, while US strikes bombarded an Iranian nuclear plant.
A day after Trump declared the ceasefire ‘over’ and struck more than 170 regime targets, Kuwait and Bahrain faced fresh Iranian attacks on Thursday morning
Jordan, a US ally, said five Iranian ballistic missiles were fired from northwestern Iran toward an air base in the country, delaying flights across the region.
Sirens could be heard blasting for civilians to take cover as all Iranian missiles were intercepted, the government says.
Iranian officials claimed that US military strikes sent shrapnel and projectiles slamming into the perimeter of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.
US strikes on Iran over the last 48 hours have targeted Iran’s military assets near the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway responsible for one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
Various Iranian air defense systems, drone, regime speed boats, and missile storage sites have been destroyed, according to US Central Command.
US officials claim that the strikes are designed to stop Iran from attacking commercial shipping vessels crossing the strait.
Trump declared at a NATO summit in Turkey that the ceasefire with Iran was ‘over’
US Central Command releases footage of strikes on Iranian military positions
