Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the 70th wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4, saying more than 55 locations linked to US forces and Israel across the region were targeted in the latest phase, and releasing footage it said showed missile and drone strikes.
In a statement on Saturday, the force described the opening moments of the strikes as marked by “loud explosions, bursts of fire, and columns of smoke,” adding that attacks were carried out using Qiam and Emad missile systems alongside drones as part of what it called a strategy of “gradual attrition.”
According to the IRGC, five US military installations — including al-Kharj in Saudi Arabia, al-Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates, Ali al-Salem in Kuwait, Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain — were among the targets, while Aerospace Force units also focused on strategic areas in Haifa and Tel Aviv. The Corps warned it would continue to strike the “origin of any aggression” against Iran’s sovereignty, saying its forces had prepared for a further stage of confrontation.
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