The US forces launched a fresh wave of airstrikes across Iran for the second consecutive day on Thursday after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would bear the cost of stalled negotiations. However, Iran retaliated with strikes targeting American military bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait and also attacked two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that it launched drone attacks on Sheikh Isa airbase in Bahrain and Ali Al Salem and Ahmad Al-Jaber airbases in Kuwait early on Thursday. According to reports, Jordan’s Al-Azraq airbase was also struck with 12 ballistic missiles, and two vessels attempting “to illegally pass through” Hormuz Strait.
