Iran fires missiles, drones at Bahrain, Kuwait

[WASHINGTON] Iran has launched multiple missiles and drones toward neighbouring countries including Bahrain and Kuwait, a US official told Reuters late on Saturday, in the latest escalation in the Middle East.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the situation was still unfolding but that there were no reported US casualties or major impacts or damage to US facilities in the Middle East at this time, the official said.

The attacks come after US President Donald Trump posted on social media that “there may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started”.

The Kuwaiti army said its air defences were responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks, while sirens sounded in Bahrain, according to that country’s interior ministry.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its navy and air forces had launched joint missile and drone operations targeting US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to recent US strikes against Iran.

The Guards said in a statement US strikes had violated the ceasefire and “will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes”, according to state-run Press TV. American bases in the region “will experience hell in the coming days,” the statement said. REUTERS