The US has launched strikes against Iran as Iran's Revolutionary Guards respond by targeting US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain on Wednesday.
The US striked Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts over a potential peace deal and further straining a fragile ceasefire.
In response, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with drones and threatened "more severe responses" if hostilities continued, according to media.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry said a warning siren had been sounded and urged the public to head to safety. Air defences had repelled Iranian attacks, a media adviser to Bahrain's King said soon after in a post on X.
It later added that it targeted Kuwait's Ali Al Salem base, with the country's defence forces confirming that it was dealing with hostile forces.
Jordanian armed forces said on Wednesday they intercepted and shot down five missiles launched from Iran toward al-Azraq area in Jordan.
The military added that debris from the interception operation fell on Jordanian territory but caused no injuries or material damage.
Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that they had targeted four sites at the US al-Azraq base in Jordan using long-range missiles.
Earlier, the US military said on X it had targeted Iranian air defense, ground control stations and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command described the operation as a “proportional response” to recent attacks on US forces and commercial shipping.
"I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that's what this one is," Trump told ABC News.
The strikes began at 5 pm ET (2100 GMT), and Central Command posted just before 9 pm ET that they had ended.
Iran's state media reported that Qeshm island and the port city of Sirik in the Strait of Hormuz were attacked.
Sounds of explosions were heard in nearby Bandar Abbas, and later in the vicinity of Jask county, near the entrance to the strait, Iranian media reported, citing local sources and residents.
Some US bases in the region were targeted in response to the strikes, Iranian media cited the country's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya, as saying.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the battlefield reports.
Oil prices climbed about 1 per cent in early Asian trade on Wednesday following the escalation in hostilities.
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