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Middle East crisis live: Kuwait confronts ‘hostile’ missile, drone attacks after US launches fresh strikes on Iran - The Guardian

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Live updates: US hits more than 80 Iran targets and reimposes sanctions

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Mideast Live Updates: Iran Launches Attacks Across Gulf After Latest U.S.

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Iran's armed forces said they had targeted 85 U.S.

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said its strikes were in response to what it said were Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Iran has targeted US military sites across the Middle East in a "crushing response" to US strikes.Early on Wednesday, US Central Command (Centcom), said it launched "powerful" strikes at dozens of targets in retaliation for Iranian strikes on commercial oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.At 2.44am BST Centcom said it completed the round of "offensive" strikes, hitting over 80 targets "with precision munitions"."US forces struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) small boats in and near the strait to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international trade corridor," Centcom said.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Donald Trump was aware of the strikes on Iran and approved of the plans while in Ankara, Turkey, according to Axios.Tehran condemned the US strikes as a "blatant act of aggression", adding...

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Middle East crisis live: Kuwait confronts ‘hostile' missile, drone attacks after US launches fresh strikes on Iran - The Guardian.

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**Summary:** The Middle East is facing a new round of tension as Iran launches attacks on sites in Bahrain and Kuwait following U.S. strikes against targets in the region. **Why It Matters:** This escalation underscores ongoing geopolitical tensions between the United States, Iran, and regional powers, potentially leading to further instability in the volatile

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