Iran said it launched fresh strikes on U.S. facilities in the Middle East on Friday, including the first direct attack in Syria, after a sixth straight night of U.S. strikes on Iranian military facilities.
The U.S. military said it completed another night of strikes on Iran “to further degrade Iranian military capabilities”, including on Qeshm Island and near Bandar Abbas, home to Iran’s largest port, as well as key naval and Revolutionary Guards facilities.
“U.S. forces, including fighter jets, aerial drones, and warships, launched precision munitions that hit dozens of Iranian military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities,” the U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
A civilian was killed in a U.S. strike on the Pasabandar area near the southeastern port city of Chabahar, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said
Iran has fired missiles and drones at U.S. military bases in neighbouring states, including an air base in Jordan.
Early on Friday, Iran’s military said it had attacked U.S. facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait.
Several explosion-like sounds were heard in the Qatari capital Doha, according to a witness, and the Ministry of the Interior said a child was injured by shrapnel.
Iranian media reported that five bridges were hit in the latest round of U.S. strikes, as well as the train station in coastal Bandar Khamir and Iranshahr Airport in southeastern Iran.
Seven people were killed in U.S. attacks on bridges in Bandar Khamir, a port city in southern Iran, state news agency IRNA reported.
Iran’s state media said the Revolutionary Guards had attacked a U.S. special operations command centre in al-Tanf, Syria in retaliation for the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr.
This marks the first direct attack by Iran on Syria, which has sought to avoid being drawn into a conflict that has engulfed neighbouring countries.
In Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters have fought Israeli forces, and in Iraq, Iran-backed armed groups have launched drone and rocket attacks.
