Iran attacked US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan with drones and missiles Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, according to its Revolutionary Guard Corps. The tit-for-tat strikes are among the biggest exchanges between the two warring countries since the pair agreed to a ceasefire in April and came after Iran shot down an American Apache helicopter Tuesday.
Nearly all of the Iranian missiles and drones were intercepted and there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries to US personnel or damage to US facilities, an anonymous US official confirmed to Reuters. President Trump had vowed a “very strong, very powerful” response for the downed chopper, “and that’s what this one is,” Trump told ABC News on Tuesday. The latest escalation threatens a potential deal between US and Iran to end the conflict, which just passed 100 days since the US-Israeli joint strikes on Feb. 28.
