War in the Middle East: new American strikes; Tehran responds

8 h 38 – Des dégâts et un blessé à Bahreïn

A child was slightly injured after the Iranian attacks and damage was noted in Manama, authorities reported.

7:45 a.m. – Kuwait reopens its airspace

Kuwait’s civil aviation authority announced the reopening of its airspace, which had been closed after attacks by Iran in retaliation for US strikes.

«Traffic in Kuwaiti airspace returned to normal», the agency said in a statement.

6:46 a.m. – 22 countries call on Iran to stop attacks “on their territories”

Twenty-two countries, including the United States, Australia and several European nations, call on Iran to stop attacks on people “on their territories”in a joint press release. These countries “condemn the attempted murders and other malicious actions carried out in Europe, North America and Australia” by Iranian state entities.

6:35 a.m. – Iran says it targeted US command center in Jordan

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed to have fired ballistic missiles at a US command center in Jordan in response to US strikes against Iran.

This “Punitive operation against the aggressor” targeted Al-Azraq Air Base and its control center, with the help of 12 ballistic missiles.declared the Guardians cited by the Tasnim agency, ensuring that they had destroyed these installations « and a large number of fighter planes ».

6:30 a.m. – Kuwait closes its airspace

Kuwait Civil Aviation Authority announced “temporary closure of airspace†of the country, attacked by Iran in retaliation for American strikes. “This measure follows Iranian attacks on the state of Kuwait and the potential risks this represents for civil aviation in the region.”indicated the authority in a press release.

The news of the night

– The United States led at dawn new bombings against Iranwho announced responses against military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain and promised to target all ships venturing into the Strait of Hormuz. Explosions were heard early Thursday morning on the island of Qeshm, in Minab, Sirik and in the port of Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country, Iranian media reported.

– Donald Trump a accused Tehran of procrastinating in negotiations to stop the war in the Middle East. “We were really close to making a deal, but they keep leading us on, they don’t care about usâ€the American president raged to the press on Wednesday.

– In retaliation for the latest American strikes, the Revolutionary Guards, Tehran’s ideological army, said they had launched drones on the military bases of Ali al-Salem and Ahmad al-Jaberin Kuwait, and at the Sheikh Isa air base, in Bahrain.

– Tehran also warned that its forces would target any ship attempting to cross the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s trade in oil and liquefied natural gas normally transits.