Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday claimed it struck the US-linked Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan, destroying shelters used by RQ-4 and MQ-9 drones. The claim was reported by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, which said the attack also killed several US pilots and technical personnel and set fire to military infrastructure.

The IRGC also claimed it had earlier struck the US Marine Camp Titin base in Jordan, saying a “large number” of American forces were killed.

Air alert sirens rang out early Wednesday in Bahrain, AFP journalists said, as the United States and Iran engaged in tit-for-tat strikes.

Authorities in Bahrain called on residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place, the interior ministry said on X.

Five people, including a child, were killed and more than 50 others injured after a US missile strike sent shrapnel into a residential home hosting a wedding in southern Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent said on Tuesday.

The Red Crescent said the strike hit a home in Kuhestak, in Sirik County of Hormozgan province, where a wedding celebration was under way.

“Following a US missile attack, shrapnel hit a residential home in the city of Kuhestak,” the Red Crescent said in a post on X. It added that more than 50 people were injured and four, including a young child, were killed.

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The US military said Tuesday it had completed its latest wave of strikes against Iranian military air and sea infrastructure.

“U.S. forces struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X shortly after 6:30 pm (2230 GMT).

Iran launched a fresh wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting US military interests in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain early Wednesday, defying US President Donald Trump’s warning of a “much harder and higher” response.

The Iranian strikes came hours after the US military launched a fresh wave of attacks across southern Iran. Washington said the strikes targeted IRGC infrastructure following recent attempted attacks “against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members.”

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