An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, takes off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: U.S. Navy <\/p>\n
U.S. Central Command<\/a> on Monday said Iran<\/a> fired two ballistic missiles<\/a> overnight targeting American forces stationed in Kuwait<\/a>, the latest in a series of attacks<\/a> that further undermines a threadbare ceasefire<\/a>.<\/p>\n The missiles fired Sunday night at 11 p.m. ET were successfully intercepted and no U.S. personnel were harmed, CENTCOM said in an X post.<\/p>\n “U.S. Central Command remains vigilant and will continue to protect our forces from Iranian aggression while supporting the ongoing ceasefire,” the post said.<\/p>\n Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry in a statement<\/a> condemned the attacks, calling them a “dangerous escalation” and asserting its right to take necessary measures to hold Iran “fully responsible for these heinous aggressions.”<\/p>\n The missile attacks came after CENTCOM conducted<\/a> “self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones” over the weekend in response to prior Iranian aggression, including “the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.”<\/p>\n “U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters,” CENTCOM said, adding that no American troops were harmed.<\/p>\n The kinetic exchanges between the U.S. and Iran came as Israel ramps up its military offensive in Lebanon against the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah.<\/p>\n Iran has repeatedly said that Israel’s attacks in Lebanon constitute violations of its ceasefire with the U.S., which began in mid-April as a two-week pause and was later extended indefinitely by President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an X post Monday morning said, “The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”<\/p>\n “Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation,” he wrote.<\/p>\n