Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that it had targeted U.S. bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for U.S. attacks against coastal Iranian provinces earlier in the day.
Hostilities between the US and Iran escalated further on Sunday night with a third mutual missile strike, as the US military reported hitting 140 Iranian targets and three Gulf nations said they had repelled missiles and drones from Iran.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it struck U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait in response to fresh American strikes, in a statement carried by state television IRIB.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani have held a phone call discussing the situation in the Persian Gulf, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The United States has incurred billions of dollars in losses from Iranian strikes on its military facilities across the Middle East. The construction cost of the Bahrain base is estimated at approximately $400 million. …
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Iran’s elite military force) announced that Iran had delivered retaliatory strikes on U.S. infrastructure sites in Kuwait and Bahrain in the wake of a U.S. military operation.
The United States regards the Strait of Hormuz as an international waterway and considers any attempt by Iran to charge vessels for passage through it unacceptable, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Gulf states in Bahrain.
Russia said it is lifting its advisory urging citizens to avoid travel to Gulf countries, following a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding aimed at ending military conflict and de-escalating tensions in the region.
Iranian assets could be made available to Persian Gulf countries to cover damage already inflicted by the Islamic Republic — or any future harm it may cause. Which assets are involved, however, has not yet been disclosed.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck "enemy bases" in Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. drones attacked sites on Iranian territory, Tasnim News reported Saturday. The IRGC's Aerospace Force …
Iran fired missiles at U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as the United States conducted new strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, Tasnim reported.
Russia is discussing the introduction of a visa-free regime with Malaysia, Kuwait and Bahrain, the Economic Development Ministry's press service said on Monday.
The United States has submitted to the UN Security Council a draft resolution on protecting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, under the pretext of combating an alleged threat emanating from Iran.
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is creating an economic split among oil exporters in the Persian Gulf, with Saudi Arabia and Oman set for a windfall and others including the UAE seeing a drop in petrodollar income, Bloomberg reported.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is prepared to damage undersea internet cables lying on the seabed of the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could trigger severe economic consequences for the countries of the Middle East.
Russia and China have proposed an alternative and well-balanced draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation around Iran, including in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
11 Security Council members voted in favor of the resolution, while Russia and China voted against it
The draft resolution on the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz proposed by Bahrain cannot be approved by the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with top Egyptian diplomat Badr Abdel Aaty.
Maxim Reshetnikov, the Minister of Economic Development, stated that Russia aims to expand its visa-free travel agreements with other countries.
Russia sees Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations as good friends and would like to boost cooperation with them, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
