Kochi: Iran attacked US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain in retaliation to strikes by American forces against Tehran on Tuesday.Five people, including a child, were killed and over 50 injured in the US missile in Sirik in southern Iran.The US Central Command (Centcom) said US strikes on Iran followed “recent attempted attacks” by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and American forces in the region.The IRGC had launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at a US Marine base in Jordan’s Aqaba in retaliation for the Sirik attack, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.The Jordanian Armed Forces claimed to have intercepted 13 ballistic missiles, 10 of which were destroyed, while three fell in remote areas. Separately, the Kuwait army said its air defences were responding to Iranian missile attacks early Wednesday.Several explosions were also reported in Bahrain following attacks by Iran, according to Iranian state media.In Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they had struck US bases, state-run IRNA reported, BBC said.
Donald Trump warned that Iran would be hit again at “a much harder and higher level” if it retaliated.
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