Iran targets US base following Trump’s military strikes

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Iran says it has targeted a US air base in retaliation for fresh American strikes on an Iranian naval base and airport in the Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump’s military launched more strikes late on Wednesday targeting a military site that was believed to have posed a threat to American forces and commercial traffic in the Strait, a US official told Reuters.

The US said it was intent on continuing a fragile ceasefire.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it attacked a base without specifying which one, and warned that any further US aggression would draw ‌a "more decisive" ​response.

The attacks came after Trump said he was not yet satisfied with a deal with Iran. “Iran is very ⁠much intent, they want ​very ⁠much to make a deal,” he said at a White House cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “So far they haven't gotten there ... we're not satisfied with it, ⁠but we will be.

We will be ​either ⁠that or we’ll have ‌to just finish the job”.

Meanwhile, Kuwait's ​army said on Thursday that its air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, but did not say ⁠where they were coming from.

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