{"id":221338,"date":"2026-07-24T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/221338\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:20:12","slug":"west-asia-war-live-irans-military-says-attacked-u-s-bases-in-bahrain-jordan-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/221338\/","title":{"rendered":"West Asia war LIVE: Iran\u2019s military says attacked U.S. bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black smoke rises following explosions near a military base hosting U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, on Friday (July 24, 2026). \" title=\"Black smoke rises following explosions near a military base hosting U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, on Friday (July 24, 2026). \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1x1_spacer.png\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                        Black smoke rises following explosions near a military base hosting U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, on Friday (July 24, 2026).<br \/>\n                                                  | Photo Credit:<br \/>\n                          AP\n                                              <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s military said on Friday (July 24, 2026) it carried out drone strikes against several American military facilities and bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in retaliation for the latest U.S. attacks against the Islamic republic.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards, meanwhile, said that they targeted a data centre in Bahrain belonging to Amazon, according to state media, though neither the U.S. tech giant nor Bahrain have commented on the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Watch | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/videos\/a-red-sea-blockade-could-change-the-course-of-the-iran-war-the-hindu-editorial\/article71261778.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Red Sea blockade could change the course of the Iran war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UN rights chief Volker Turk urged countries involved in the war to help evacuate and repatriate some 6,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. Mr. Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of stranded seafarers, who are facing \u201ca dire humanitarian and human rights crisis\u201d in the waterway, his spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said.<\/p>\n<p>Also read | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/pakistan-vows-retaliation-against-any-attack-on-its-vessels-amid-west-asia-conflict\/article71261102.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pakistan vows retaliation against any attack on its vessels amid West Asia conflict<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several blasts sounded near Erbil airport, which hosts U.S.-led coalition troops in Iraq\u2019s autonomous Kurdistan region, an                 AFP journalist said. Explosions were heard after air defences were activated, according to the journalist who also saw drones hovering over the city, home to a major US consulate complex, and smoke rising in the airport area.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the live updates below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black smoke rises following explosions near a military base hosting U.S. forces in the northern Iraqi city of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[102,63612,9471,243,101,860,53641,17508],"class_list":["post-221338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-hormuz","tag-houthis-attack","tag-iran-us-war-latest-news","tag-iran-war-latest-news","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-us-strikes-iran","tag-west-asia-war-live","tag-west-asia-war-live-updates"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116975870041671803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}