On the second day of renewed fire, US military began another round of strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would "pay the price" for stalled negotiations.
In response to the most recent US strikes on Iran, the country’s senior military leadership announced that the Strait of Hormuz has been completely closed.
US military confirms completion of latest precision strikes on Iranian military infrastructure.
IRGC claims strikes on around 18 regional targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, including US-linked bases and the Fifth Fleet area.
Kuwait closes its airspace citing Iranian aggression and civil aviation risks.Which it later reopens airspace after brief disruption, saying air traffic has normalised.
US issues travel/security warning in Jordan amid missile and drone activity in airspace.
UN chief warns of deepening West Asia crisis and urges diplomatic restraint.
US CENTCOM describes the tanker strike as a precision attack on a vessel allegedly carrying Iranian oil.
Two Indian seafarers killed in US strike on the Settebello oil tanker off Oman; one remains missing, India lodges protest.
Two Indian seafarers were killed and one remains missing after a US strike on the Settebello oil tanker off Oman on Tuesday night, The Hindu reported.
The victims were identified as Aditya Sharma, a deck cadet, and Shivanand Chaurasiya, an engine fitter, while Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh is still missing, according to the Forward Seamen’s Union of India.
India has summoned the US Deputy Chief of Mission and lodged a strong protest over the incident.
US CENTCOM said it carried out a “precision strike” on the vessel in the Gulf of Oman, alleging it was carrying Iranian oil and had failed to comply with instructions.
Kuwait reopened its airspace to commercial traffic on Thursday after the latest volley of Iranian attacks caused a brief shutdown, its civil aviation body said.
"Air traffic in Kuwaiti airspace has returned to normal," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
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The IRGC said it targeted around 18 sites across the region, including locations in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
It claimed that 12 ballistic missiles were fired at Jordan’s Al-Azraq airbase, where US fighter jets, including F-15s, F-16s and F-35s, were stationed, alleging that several aircraft were destroyed, as reported by Al Jazeera.
The statement also said two airbases in Kuwait and one in Bahrain were hit, along with the site of the US Fifth Fleet, using ballistic missiles and drones.
The IRGC described the strikes as retaliation for earlier US attacks on Tehran conducted in multiple waves overnight.
The Houthi-run Foreign Ministry in Yemen has warned that ongoing US military strikes against Iran risk triggering a wider regional conflict with severe global consequences.
“The continuation of US aggression against Iran will not achieve the desired objectives, nor will it succeed in breaking the will of the Iranian people or undermining their resilience,” the ministry said.
Military action against Iran will only “lead to further entanglement and deepen America’s strategic predicament, with decisive failure being its outcome”, it said.
“The continued aggression carries serious consequences for global supply chains, international trade, oil and energy markets, threatening global economic stability,” it added.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Middle East is being pulled into a deepening crisis, with far-reaching consequences.
“The Middle East is being pulled deeper into crisis & the consequences reach far beyond the region,” he said in a post on X.
“This week has brought wider attacks and further deterioration where the ceasefire is more like a lesser-fire,” he said.
“We should not minimize the risks of lesser fire becoming full fire,” he added, emphasising that “all parties must work towards a diplomatic settlement. No more attacks. No more excuses.”
The US State Department has shared a travel advisory warning people in Jordan to “seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately”.
“Reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace,” the State Department’s TravelGov social media account warned.
Kuwait on Thursday said it closed its airspace over ongoing Iranian attacks. Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation made the announcement. It said flights were being diverted to other airports, without elaborating.
Flights circled outside of Kuwait for some time before the announcement, after the military announced its air defences were firing.
"This measure comes in light of the state of Kuwait being subjected to sinful Iranian aggressions and the potential risks that may result from this on civil aviation traffic in the region," Kuwait said.
Kuwait International Airport took a direct Iranian hit in recent days, killing one person and wounding dozens.
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Twenty-two countries including the United States and European nations jointly warned Iran on Thursday to stop attacking people "on our soil".
Iran's security services were condemned for their "deplorable" use of international and local criminal gangs for plots in Europe, North America and Australia.
"Attempts to kill, kidnap, harass, intimidate, or otherwise attack people on our soil, undermines national sovereignty and international norms. These actions must stop immediately," the countries said in a joint statement.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday that they had struck bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the latest US strikes.
"During two waves of operations, eighteen important targets belonging to the US Army in the bases of Ali and Ahmad Ahmad Air Force (were hit)," the Guards said in a statement quoted by state-run IRNA, adding that they also "hit and destroyed Sheikh Isa air bases".
Iranian media earlier reported that Iran had attacked the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
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The US military said on Wednesday that it had "completed" its latest wave of strikes against Iran, targeting "Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran."
"U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets fired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters," Central Command, which oversees forces in the region, posted on X.
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An Israeli strike on a vehicle in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed two people and sparked a fire that spread to nearby cars.
Israel has continued to attack Lebanon despite a US-announced ceasefire on April 16.
The United States launched a new wave of attacks against Iran on Wednesday night as efforts to end the three-month old war sputtered, and Tehran hit back saying it will target any ship going through the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command said American forces began "additional self-defense strikes" at 5:15 pm Washington time, early Thursday in Iran, against multiple targets in Iran, in response to what it called Tehran's "unwarranted and continued aggression."
Iranian media reported explosions across the country's south near the Strait of Hormuz, the same area where US forces had already bombarded air defense, radar and other sites on Tuesday. Iranian sources reported new hits by "enemy projectiles" in Qeshm, Kargan and Sirik.
The Iranian navy said it hit two ships trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, state television IRIB and the Mehr agency reported. Iranian media also reported that Iran had attacked the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, hitting communication antennas and radar facilities.
After the new American air strikes "any vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will be targeted," the Khatam al-Anbiya command said, according to Tasnim news agency. The strait is now closed "completely closed to all types of vessel," the command said.