The United States military shot down several Iranian suicide drones in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced in an X/Twitter post on Saturday.
The drones were an attempt by the regime to target commercial vessels transiting the strait, CENTCOM said.
CENTCOM added that traffic flow through the Hormuz “continues unimpeded” and that the critical waterway “remains open for transit.”
On Thursday, Iranian media reported Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had fired drones at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian military assets on Tuesday.
Additional Iranian strikes were reported in Jordan, with the IRGC claiming to have fired four missiles at the US al-Azraq base, claiming the base housed F-35 fighter jet hangars and a command-and-control center.
In addition, alert sirens sounded in Bahrain on Wednesday, according to the country’s Interior Ministry.
The IRGC warned on Thursday that they were prepared to deliver a “crushing and decisive” response to any additional US strike.
US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Friday against firing more drones at ships attempting to transit the strait, saying Tehran “better get their act together.”
Also on Thursday, Iran’s state news site WANA reported an IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brig.-Gen. Majid Mousavi as threatening the Middle East with harsh consequences if the US destabilized the Hormuz.
“Will you make the sacred Strait of Hormuz unsafe?” said Mousavi. “We will turn the entire region into hell for you from across Iran.”
Tzvi Jasper, Goldie Katz, and Danya Saperstein contributed to this report.
