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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.

Yesterday's key developments:

  • President Donald Trump has suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait," despite the fact that the crucial waterway remains contested amid the war with Iran.
  • ⁠Iranian border ​guards have seized a ​vessel with 382,000 litres of smuggled fuel ​in ‌the northern Gulf, ⁠and arrested its foreign ‌crew of 11, ⁠according to state broadcaster IRIB.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has visited Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, where he vowed not to pull back troops despite a recent push by mediators to advance a US-backed ceasefire plan calling for their withdrawal.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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