Kuwait says it is intercepting ‘aerial targets’ after U.S. military strikes Iran
- On Thursday, June 11, 2026, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launched counterattacks on 18 US military targets at airbases in Kuwait and Bahrain, prompting air-raid sirens and airspace closures across the region.
- The strikes followed US attacks on Iran's surveillance capabilities; Majid Mousavi, the aerospace force chief with the Guard, promised "hell" to the US, calling it "the response to the audacity of the Americans in the region, God willing."
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote on X Wednesday that the Treasury "will not tolerate any support of the Iranian military," while America's emergency crude oil supply nears a 40-year low, depleting at nearly 9 million barrels weekly.
- President Donald Trump described the US-Iran truce as the "most violated ceasefire in the history of the world," according to Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst, while Vice President JD Vance negotiates with Iranian voices to end the conflict.
- Separately, the Israeli military reported "launches" from Lebanon toward northern Israel this morning, prompting Home Front Command to issue precautionary directives urging residents to enter protected spaces.
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Editor Daily Rundown: US And Iran Launch Strikes In Middle East
OVERNIGHT ... US STRIKES TARGETS IN IRAN ... IRAN FLINGS MISSILES AT NEIGHBORS ... NYT: U.S.-Iran Strikes Risk Dangerous New Phase The latest American attack began shortly after midnight in Tehran, according to the U.S. military’s Central Command. Explosions were heard in Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the southern cities of Bandar Abbas, Minab and Sirik, Iranian news outlets reported.
Trump Says U.S. Will Be 'Hitting Iran Very Hard Tonight,' Threatens to Take Over Oil Infrastructure
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2026. —Samuel Corum—Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday said the U.S. would be “hitting Iran very hard tonight” and threatened to take control of the country’s oil infrastructure.“At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their oil and gas market…
Fears of All Out War Grow as US-Iran Strikes Continue to Intensify
Concerns of a return to an all-out war are growing as the United States and Iran trade a new round of attacks in a second day of strikes. It comes as President Donald Trump says he would "bomb the s---- out of them" unless Iran signs a deal. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY.
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