“Self defense” strikes were launched by U.S. military assets across the Persian Gulf overnight into Wednesday morning, with a host of ballistic missiles and drones fired at ships and Gulf countries by Iran obliterated in the process.

The targeted strikes on Qeshm Island, in the beleaguered Strait of Hormuz, were “in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East”, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said.

The BBC reports Centcom said Iran had fired two missiles at Kuwait and three at Bahrain, all of which broke apart or were intercepted. Iran claimed it had attacked successfully U.S. bases and helicopters in a “regional country” using…

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