US targets Iranian bridges, energy sites in latest wave of strikes

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The U.S. military hit bridges and energy sites in Iran in its latest round of strikes against the Middle Eastern country early Friday morning.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded with attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf region, including in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.

The IRGC also said it attacked a U.S. special operations command center at the al-Tanf garrison military base in Syria — an assertion that U.S. Central Command disputed on Friday morning.

“CLAIM: Iranian forces claim they attacked al-Tanf Garrison in Syria and captured or killed American troops in the process. FALSE,” the military command wrote on social media. “FACT: No U.S. troops in the region have recently been killed or captured.”

In an interview earlier this week, President Trump telegraphed expanding the U.S. strikes to Iranian infrastructure, which critics have noted could constitute war crimes if the targets were not being used for military purposes.

“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, we’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night, we’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them,” Trump told Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst on Tuesday. “Because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges.”

Kuwait’s foreign affairs ministry on Friday strongly condemned Iranian strikes on the Gulf states, calling the attacks a “flagrant violation” of these countries’ sovereignty.

“The Ministry affirms the State of Kuwait’s full solidarity with the sister states, its standing by their side, and its support for all measures they take to address the repercussions of these aggressions and to safeguard their security and stability,” the department said in a social media post translated from Arabic.

The foreign affairs ministry of Saudi Arabia also vowed to support its neighboring countries “in any measures they take” in response to the Iranian attacks.

“The Kingdom reiterates its condemnation of Iran’s actions that threaten the security and stability of the region and violate the principles of international law and the rules of good-neighborliness,” the foreign ministry wrote on social media. “The Kingdom stresses the importance of the immediate cessation of all forms of military escalation and a return to dialogue and peaceful resolution of disputes through diplomatic means.”

The U.S. and Iran have renewed attacks on one another in recent weeks over alleged infractions of a ceasefire agreement adopted under a memorandum of understanding in June.

After Iran struck commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month, Trump declared the ceasefire was “OVER!” The major oil shipping corridor has been a source of great contention between the two sides during this conflict.

Iran’s health minister, Hossein Kermanpour, said in a Friday social media post that U.S. strikes on the country this month have killed 38 people and injured more than 400.

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