{"id":542163,"date":"2026-07-15T05:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/542163\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:22:18","slug":"iran-strikes-cause-explosions-in-kuwait-drones-strike-us-military-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/542163\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran strikes cause explosions in Kuwait, drones strike US military in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran struck a critical facility in Kuwait<\/a> on Wednesday, causing multiple “massive” explosions and starting a fire, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-linked Fars News Agency.<\/p>\n

Later on Wednesday, Kuwait’s KUNA State News Agency reported that the blaze had been brought under control.<\/p>\n

The report noted that six teams, backed by the army and National Guard, responded to the strike, with no injuries reported and damage limited to material losses.<\/p>\n

The Kuwaiti army said later on Wednesday that its air defenses confronted Iranian drone<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n

Also on Wednesday, the IRGC claimed responsibility for an attack on Kuwait’s Mina Abdullah oil refinery, saying the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the \u201cend of America’s evils.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CommanderCommander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Navy Adm. Brad Cooper testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (credit: Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, US military<\/a> sites at Azraq base in Jordan were targeted twice by the Iranian<\/a> military, Iranian state media reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fars reported later on Wednesday that an Iranian missile had struck the base, citing Iraqi media.<\/p>\n

The Jordanian military said late Wednesday that its air defenses had intercepted three Iranian ballistic missiles that entered the country\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n

Additional Iranian strikes reported in Iraq, Bahrain<\/p>\n

A mineral water production factory in the central Iraqi county of Dehloran, west of Baghdad, was targeted by Iranian strikes, Fars reported.<\/p>\n

The governor of Dehloran reported the area was targeted by three enemy projectiles. So far, no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n

Fars news also reported explosions have been heard in Bahrain due to missile attacks targeting American bases.<\/p>\n

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced a siren on its X\/Twitter, saying that “citizens and residents should remain calm and head to the nearest safe space.”<\/p>\n

Later on Wednesday, the IRGC claimed they destroyed the US Fifth Fleet Command fuel and equipment facilities in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

The IRGC said the attacks were in response to US “hostile” actions and the “enemy” should expect closure of other oil and gas export routes that “serve the interests of America and its allies.”<\/p>\n

CENTCOM Chief: US to hold Iran accountable for Gulf attacks<\/p>\n

US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander, Adm. Brad Cooper, condemned Iranian attacks on seven commercial ships this past week in a statement on CENTCOM’s X\/Twitter, Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

“Over the past seven days, Iran has intentionally targeted civilians across the region by attacking seven commercial ships, resulting in nearly a dozen civilian crew members killed, missing, or injured,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Adm. Cooper concluded his statement addressing the Iranian attacks on neighboring Gulf countries, saying, “US forces are holding Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression that continues to endanger innocent lives.”<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran struck a critical facility in Kuwait on Wednesday, causing multiple “massive” explosions and starting a fire, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23024,42,87,47,43,40,38,41,39,1032],"class_list":["post-542163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-airstrikes","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}