2026-07-22T11:36:54+00:00
Shafaq News-
Tehran/ Amman (Updated at 15:25)
The Iranian
Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck on Wednesday the
US military installations in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait with drones and
missiles.
Iran’s Arash
drones struck US equipment depots and large hangars at Sheikh Isa Air Base in
Bahrain, the Iranian Army said, adding that the aircraft also hit a hangar used
to shelter and service heavy aircraft at the base. An ammunition depot and
logistical equipment belonging to US forces were struck at Doha Base in Kuwait,
which the Army described as one of the most important American military
installations in western Kuwait and a support center for US personnel deployed
across West Asia.
At Azraq Air
Base in Jordan, the Army said its forces targeted housing and service buildings
along with a US military equipment depot beginning at dawn Wednesday, in an
operation it identified as Operation al-Barq, or Lightning.
The IRGC, in
what it numbered as its 42nd statement and the 25th wave of an operation it
calls Nasr 2, said it targeted the King Faisal and Prince Hassan bases in
Jordan with drones and missiles, including hangars used to service F-15 fighter
aircraft. Eight newly delivered MQ-9 drones were destroyed in a strike on a
drone servicing hangar, and two others parked outside sustained heavy damage.
IRGC said it targeted F-15 prep facilities at al-Faysal and Prince Hassan bases in Jordan, destroying 8 brand-new MQ-9 drones and damaging 2 others. It also said 2 heavy US helicopters were hit and several forces were killed or wounded.Follow: https://t.co/boCY50qfi9 pic.twitter.com/xdzTWkFK1L
— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) July 22, 2026
A separate IRGC
line put the total number of MQ-9 aircraft destroyed at ten.
Two heavy
American helicopters were significantly damaged in a subsequent strike on a
helicopter storage facility, according to the same statement, and personnel
were killed and wounded in an attack on a troop accommodation center.
The Jordanian
Armed Forces said they intercepted and downed four drones inbound from Iran
toward the kingdom’s territory, and that the interception operations resulted
in no casualties and no material damage. Air raid sirens sounded in the
southern Jordanian city of Aqaba earlier Wednesday after explosions caused by
aerial interceptions, according to Jordanian media reports. Israel’s Channel 12
reported that at least two missiles came down in Aqaba.
No US statement
confirmed the attacks.
Amir Hatami,
commander of the Iranian Army, warned, “If America’s dirty feet set foot
on Iranian soil, we will fight it with all the power we possess.”
According to
Iranian media outlets, the United States hit several Iranian ports and sites
during the overnight raids, with two separate locations struck at the port of
Bushehr on the Gulf coast. Three explosions were heard near Sirik, in southern
Iran. Iranian air defenses downed a hostile drone over Tehran.
No casualties
or damage to residential or commercial infrastructure were recorded so far. The Iranian Health Ministry reported that 53 were
killed and 592 injured in US attacks on Iran since June 27.
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