US Says It Struck Iranian Military Sites, Tehran Responds With Air Base Attack
The United States has confirmed it carried out strikes on Iranian military sites over the weekend, targeting radar and drone command facilities on Goruk and Qeshm Island in southern Iran, prompting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to launch a retaliatory missile attack on a US-linked air base in the region. US Central Command (Centcom) said fighter jets struck the Iranian military targets following Iran's shootdown of an American surveillance drone, describing the operation as an act of "self-defense" to protect American forces. The strikes targeted radar installations and drone command sites in the strategic Strait of Hormuz area. The IRGC announced it targeted a US air base in the region early Thursday morning, aiming at "the source" of the prior US attacks on Iran, according to state broadcaster IRIB. Kuwait reported missile and drone attacks forcing air defenses into […]