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IRGC Claims Ballistic Missile Strikes Hit U.S. Bases in Kuwait

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out the attacks in retaliation for prior U.S. strikes on Qeshm Island. The strikes occurred the same night the statement was released.

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U.S. bases in Kuwait. The attacks took place on the night the IRGC issued its statement. The IRGC stated that the strikes were retaliation for American attacks on Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.

It took responsibility for the attacks in the same announcement. The IRGC issued the announcement itself as a single statement that covered both the strikes and the stated reason for them. @Osinttechnical reported that the IRGC threatened further attacks at the end of its statement.

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