US military says it shot down Iranian missiles, drones launched toward Gulf allies, Strait of Hormuz
Six of the missiles were intercepted and no U.S. personnel were harmed, CENTCOM said after Iran launched attacks toward Gulf allies.
- On Saturday, June 6, 2026, Iran launched seven ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain; U.S. Central Command intercepted six, while the seventh failed to reach its target.
- The attacks followed U.S. strikes on Friday, June 5, 2026, against Iranian coastal radar sites after forces downed four Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, described as 'self-defense strikes.'
- Bahrain and Kuwait officials condemned the 'blatant aggression,' while CENTCOM stated there were 'no reports of harm to U.S. personnel' despite Iranian claims of targeting U.S. Navy 5th Fleet facilities.
- These exchanges further frayed the fragile April 8 ceasefire, while Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps warned of a stronger response to future U.S. actions, complicating efforts to end the regional war.
- Diplomatic efforts remain deadlocked as Iran demands the release of $24 billion in frozen assets, a condition military adviser Mohsen Rezaei linked to the conflict, according to CNN.
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Iran fired on Saturday ballistic missiles and drones into Bahrain and Kuwait that were intercepted, the Bahrain government reported while calling on Tehran to stop attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbors that test a fragile ceasefire in the war between the U.S. and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other.
Iran responded this Saturday to a U.S. attack with the launch of several missiles against Bahrain and Kuwait, Washington's allies in the Gulf, in new hostilities that threaten the truce in force since April.Continue reading...
Washington said the drones were threatening international shipping and is considering using frozen Iranian assets to redress damages in Gulf countries.
On Saturday, the U.S. Army shot down two drones from Iran that “threated the Strait of Ormuz,” according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) in the midst of rising tensions between Washington and Tehran over the ceasefire.
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