Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Wednesday that US personnel were killed and drones were destroyed in a missile and drone attack on Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.
In a statement, the IRGC said its Ground Force carried out a combined missile and drone attack on the headquarters and accommodation of the US commander at the base, claiming that “a number” of US personnel were killed.
It also claimed that the attack set fire to a drone hangar and a drone deployment ramp and destroyed several drones that it said had participated in attacks against Iran.
The IRGC said the strike was carried out simultaneously with attacks on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Erbil in Iraq.
In Erbil, it claimed a maintenance centre and technical equipment storage facilities belonging to the US military were destroyed, and the guidance system of an American surveillance balloon inside the base was also hit.
The IRGC also alleged that the base’s fuel storage facilities were set on fire and that some American soldiers were killed.
The missile and drone strikes on US bases in Erbil were carried out in retaliation for overnight US attacks, the IRGC said.
The attack on the air base in Kuwait was in retaliation for a US strike on a residential home in Sirik in southern Iran a day earlier, which it claimed hit nearly 70 people and killed four, including a child.
Addressing the Kuwaiti public, the IRGC said the attack was directed at the US military presence in Kuwait rather than the Kuwaiti people and called for the removal of US forces from the country.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced late on Tuesday that it had launched strikes against IRGC targets in Iran.
Following the announcement, Iranian media reported explosions on Qeshm Island, as well as in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, and Konarak.
