Iran Says It Struck US Bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait
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- Iran's military announced drone strikes against US military facilities in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait on July 24, 2026, in retaliation for the latest US attacks on Iran.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed they targeted an Amazon data center in Bahrain, according to state media; neither Amazon nor Bahrain had commented on the claim.
- UN rights chief Volker Turk urged countries involved in the war to help evacuate and repatriate roughly 6,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a "dire humanitarian and human rights crisis."
- Erbil airport in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region experienced multiple blasts with air defenses activated and drones spotted hovering; the airport hosts US-led coalition troops and a major US consulate complex.
- Pakistan vowed retaliation against any attack on its vessels amid the West Asia conflict, according to a linked report.
Why it matters: Iran's claimed strike on an Amazon data center in Bahrain, if confirmed, would mark an expansion from military targets to civilian commercial infrastructure. Roughly 6,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz now face a humanitarian crisis, and blasts near Erbil's US consulate add another active front to the widening conflict.
