TEHRAN - US and Iranian strikes extended into Sunday, with Washington saying it was punishing Tehran for the deaths of two US servicemen in Jordan and Gulf states announcing responses to Iranian attacks.
Here are the latest developments:
Missile reported intercepted
Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted an Iranian missile aimed at the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Sunday, the Israeli military told AFP.
When asked by AFP about reports of explosions near the Israeli city of Eilat, a military spokeswoman said both Israeli and Jordanian forces had intercepted a projectile.
The Jordanian military said it had downed "three Iranian missiles that targeted the kingdom's territory", without specifying where.
Sirens sounded in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said,
Kuwait and Bahrain were attacked
Kuwait said Iran hit a power and water plant on Sunday, causing a fire, while Bahrain also accused Tehran of targeting civilian infrastructure.
It was the third attack in as many days on a power and water facility in Kuwait, according to authorities, who also said an oil facility had been hit on Saturday.
Earlier on Sunday, Iran's army said it had targeted two US bases in Kuwait with drones in response to American attacks on Iranian territory.
Iranian nuclear plant attacked
Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said the United States attacked an under-construction nuclear power plant in Darkhovin, in the country's southwest.
Iran says ships 'stopped'
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said four ships attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz without their permission and two "had an accident and were stopped in place".
The other two abandoned their journey, they said.
US strikes on Iran
The United States conducted its eighth consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
The CENTCOM military command said they were partly to "punish" Iran for an attack on Friday on a base in Jordan which killed two US soldiers and left another missing in action.
The strikes were also to "degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz", CENTCOM said.
Iranian news agencies Fars and Tasnim reported US attacks on Sirik, a port located on the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran.
- Article by AFP