Middle East crisis liveUS-Israel war on Iran Iran launches attacks on American military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait after fresh US strikes – Middle East crisis live US military says it hit dozens of Iranian sites in strikes on Monday while UN chief warns that a return to full-scale fighting would be ‘catastrophic’ US launches new attack wave on Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’ LIVE Updated 55s ago Yohannes Lowe Mon 13 Jul 2026 09.24 BSTFirst published on Mon 13 Jul 2026 09.07 BST Share Key events 17m ago Iran launches attacks on American military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait after fresh US strikes A projectile is fired during what US Central Command says were strikes on Iran.
Both Washington and Tehran claim they control the strait of Hormuz A projectile is fired during what US Central Command says were strikes on Iran.
Both Washington and Tehran claim they control the strait of Hormuz From 17m ago Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said this morning they targeted American military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman and struck fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan air base in Jordan as part of its retaliatory strikes against the US.
Jordan said a few hours ago that it intercepted and downed four missiles fired from Iranian territory, while Kuwait’s military said it was intercepting “hostile aerial targets” in the country’s airspace.
The strikes marked an escalation in the recent tit-for-tat attacks between the US and Iran as Tehran seeks to assert sovereignty over the strategic strait of Hormuz, which it sees as its biggest leverage in negotiations with Washington.
Explosions at an unknown location following what US Central Command (Centcom) said were strikes on Iran.
The screengrab was taken from a video released on 12 July 2026.
“The strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military’s Central Command said.
“Iran does not control it.” But Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which controls the country’s ballistic missile arsenal, rejected the US statement, saying the strait “is our territory” and it would not allow Washington’s “illegal interference in it”.
Iran and the US are nearly midway through the 60-day period of an interim deal that was supposed to set-up talks for a permanent end to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February.
Instead, it has devolved into a series of attacks over the strait, through which one fifth of the world’s oil and gas usually flows, and its future.
The US president, Donald Trump, suggested last week that the interim deal in the war was “over”.
But mediators – including Pakistan, Qatar and Egypt – have continued efforts to reach a final agreement.
Cargo ships anchoring near the strait of Hormuz off the UAE’s eastern coast on Sunday.
According to state media, the IRGC then said they had hit a second vessel, accusing it of “violating regulations”.
A short time later, US Central Command said its forces had carried out a round of strikes against Iran, attacking at least 140 targets.
Iran launched missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours yesterday in retaliation to US strikes and announced the closure of the strategic strait of Hormuz until further notice.
Donald Trump later rejected Iranian claims to have closed off the strait, insisting it was open to commercial traffic even though the US-run Joint Maritime Information Center said traffic was transiting the narrow waterway at “reduced levels”.
Trump said US forces were keeping the strait open by force.
Key events 17m ago Iran launches attacks on American military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait after fresh US strikes The deputy governor of Isfahan province said one person has been killed and seven others injured in a US attack on a military base in the Iranian city of Nain, according to a report in Iran’s Mehr news agency which we have not been able to independently verify.
In a series of social media posts this morning, Oman’s interior ministry said sirens were being activated and urged residents to head to the nearest safe place and await further instructions.
As we mentioned in the opening post, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said earlier that it had attacked radar systems in Oman as part of its counter strikes against the US.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said this morning they targeted American military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman and struck fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan air base in Jordan as part of its retaliatory strikes against the US.
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