Hormuz

The IRGC stated that in retaliation for what it described as US interference in the Strait of Hormuz, it struck a US military equipment warehouse and a Patriot missile system in Kuwait.

"The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," the US Central Command said in a statement on X.

The mediators, including senior Qatari, Egyptian, Omani, and Pakistani officials, have presented the proposal to the United States.

ASEAN will gather against the backdrop of instability beyond the region since the US and Iran resumed open conflict, raising concerns about energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz and inflation.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the attacks had been on a US military support center at Kuwait's Camp Arifjan, and alleged it had destroyed a radar facility at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

A senior security official said that as more US forces arrive in the region, coordination with the militaries will tighten, while the US military is also redeploying F-35 and F-15 aircraft and dozens

CENTCOM added that over 50,000 US service members stationed in the Middle East remain "vigilant, lethal, and ready."

Those targeted allegedly used aviation and logistics companies in Iran, Italy, and Russia to source arms and drone components in violation of renewed UN restrictions.

“Trump is transactional, always looking for where the money is. He's a businessman; he admits it, and he's not ashamed of it; he's proud of it. The Gulf States understood that from the beginning."

Initially, the US undertook limited targeted counterstrikes at Iranian assets around Hormuz to convince Iran to back down.