Iran targets strategic U.S. assets in Kuwait, Bahrain after Egypt drone attack
Iran's army said on Friday it had launched attacks on strategic U.S. military at Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in a drone strike, per state media....
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- Iran's army said on Friday it had launched attacks on strategic U.S.
- military at Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in a drone strike, per state media.
- forces on Wednesday completed a "heavy wave" of strikes against Iran, hitting dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets nationwide.
- and Iran, while drone strikes on energy infrastructure have proliferated across the Middle East.
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Iran's army said on Friday it had launched attacks on strategic U.S. military at Kuwait's Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in a drone strike, per state media. forces on Wednesday completed a "heavy wave" of strikes against Iran, hitting dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets nationwide. and Iran, while drone strikes on energy infrastructure have proliferated across the Middle East. Read more Hamish Kinnear, Middle East and North Africa analyst at risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft, said the drone attack is a sign of Egypt's vulnerability to a widening conflict and indicates that the choke point of the Suez Canal is also a potential target. International benchmark Brent crude futures with September delivery traded nearly 2% lower at $87.30 per barrel, while U.S.