Iran says drones targeted sites in Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
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DOHA, July 9 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - Iran’s army said it launched attack drones toward a “satellite antenna” in Qatar, according to the semi-official Tasnim news outlet, in the first admission that the Gulf state had been a target of Tehran’s latest strikes.
Iran’s army public relations office said drones had targeted a Patriot air defence system in Kuwait, the satellite antenna in Qatar, and fuel storage facilities belonging to the U.S. military in Bahrain overnight into Thursday, Tasnim reported.
Residents in Qatar received a security alert on their phones early Thursday, followed shortly afterwards by another message saying the threat had been “eliminated.”
Qatar has been a key interlocutor between the United States and Iran in recent months.
Earlier, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the latest wave of U.S. strikes, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB.
The IRGC operates separately from the rest of Iran’s armed forces and reports directly to the supreme leader.
Source: CNN
