The United States on Sunday said it had completed an eighth straight night of strikes against Iran, saying they were intended to “punish” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for a deadly strike that killed two US military personnel in Jordan and left another missing.

Amid the spiraling conflict in the region, the US issued an alert to its citizens across the globe, warning they could be targeted by Iran and its allies.

US Central Command said in a statement that the airstrikes began at 6 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) on Saturday, at the direction of US President Donald Trump.

“The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night,” the command said.

CENTCOM did not provide any details on the retaliatory strike against IRGC forces or its results.

But it said that airstrikes “successfully hit Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities.”

Iran’s Mehr news agency said the US carried out an attack near Sirik in southern Iran, adding that no casualties or damage to infrastructure have been reported.

A location near Hajiabad, in the same province, was also targeted, and explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas, according to state-run IRNA.

An area near Qeshm Island, inside the strait, was also targeted, according to Iran’s IRIB broadcaster.

Iran targets US bases in Kuwait, drone hits near Erbil

The Iranian army then carried out a drone attack that targeted US military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Iran’s state TV reported early Sunday, citing a statement from the army.

Both bases were targeted as part of Iran’s attacks against US assets and allies in the Gulf since last week.

In neighboring Iraq, a base of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish dissident group, near Erbil was also struck by a drone early Sunday, wounding eight........

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