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24       (Video footage released by Iran's Sepah News on July 14, 2026 allegedly showing a drone being launched towards US targets in Bahrain and Kuwait)  Video footage released by Iran's Sepah News on July 14, 2026 allegedly showing a drone being launched towards US targets in Bahrain and Kuwait.        © AFP via Sepah News screengrab     Kuwait's army said Thursday it was intercepting a missile and drone attack from Iran as Tehran targeted US allies in the Middle East. Iran launched strikes on US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region after extensive US bombardment this week of sites across the Islamic republic. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.   03/09/2026 - 12:00  03/09/2026 - 10:37 Iran's army says it attacked US bases in Kuwait, UAE Iran's army on Thursday said it targeted US bases in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, despite threats of further strikes by US President Donald Trump.  "This morning, the army hit the satellite communication systems, equipment depots and fighter aircraft hangars of the terrorist US army at the Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait with missiles and drones," the army said in a statement carried by state TV.  It added that "the location of forces and radar systems of the child-killing US army at the Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE were also attacked by missiles and drones of the army".   03/09/2026 - 09:53 Iran warns US against  03/09/2026 - 09:07 Iran warns US against Israeli attack on south Lebanon ridge held by Hezbollah, sources say Iran has warned the United States ​that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters, three officials briefed on the message told Reuters.  The message, delivered last month, highlights Iran's continued direct involvement in the ground fighting in southern Lebanon and its readiness to retaliate against Israeli attacks there as the regional war enters its seventh month.  Hezbollah is believed ​to have built an ‌underground command centre and weapons stores within the Ali al-Taher ridge, which has a commanding view of southeastern Lebanon, according to Lebanese security sources, and has become ⁠one of the most contested pieces of ground in the Israel-Hezbollah war.  03/09/2026 - 08:14 UAE president and Trump discuss Middle East developments in phone call, UAE state news agency says UAE ​President ​Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ​Al ‌Nahyan ⁠and ‌US President ⁠Donald Trump discussed Middle ​East ‌developments and bilateral ‌cooperation ​during a phone call, UAE ​state ​news agency ​WAM ​said on Thursday.  03/09/2026 - 06:48 Gulf shipping traffic via Hormuz below 10-day average, data shows Six ​commodity vessels transited ​the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, down ​from ‌11 a ⁠day earlier and well ‌below the 10-day average ⁠of around 13, preliminary shipping data showed ​on Thursday.   The ‌vessels included two very large gas ‌carriers, two long-range tankers, ​one Supramax tanker and one Panamax tanker, Kpler data ​showed as ​of 04:05 ​GMT.   The number of vessels ​transiting the waterway could change, as some ships typically switch ⁠off transponders during the voyage.  03/09/2026 - 06:46 🎥 Old videos falsely claim to show new attacks on American bases As US-Iran hostilities flare up and strikes have resumed, so has a wave of misinformation online. Old and unrelated videos are flooding social media, falsely presented as footage of new attacks.    As tensions escalate, lips filmed in Dubai, Russia and the US have been misrepresented as Iranian strikes on US bases in the Gulf.    Another 68-year-old video of a US nuclear test has been falsely claimed to show Iran detonating mines in the Strait of Hormuz.     Vedika Bahl fact-checks in Truth or Fake.   03/09/2026 - 05:10  03/09/2026 - 03:50 Kuwait army says intercepting missile, drone attack from Iran Kuwait's army said Thursday it was intercepting a missile and drone attack from Iran.  "Kuwaiti air defenses are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks following the heinous Iranian aggression," the army wrote on X.  Iranian state TV confirmed Tehran was targeting US bases in Kuwait "in response to America's crimes against the Iranian people".         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