Iran army launches drone attacks on two US bases in Kuwait

Iran’s army has launched retaliatory drone attacks on Kuwait’s al-Kharj Base and al-Adiri Camp which hosts strategic US aircraft refueling planes. 

In a statement on Monday, the Iranian army announced that its “brave” troops carried out “a precise and planned operation” in the past hours, attacking al-Kharj Base and al-Adiri Camp of the American aggressor, using Arash 2 destructive drones.

The operation was part of relentless retaliatory strikes by Iranian armed forces against American and Israeli asserts in the region, which have been ongoing since February 28, when the US and Israel launched their war of aggression against the Iran.

The Iranian army noted that the al-Kharj or Prince Sultan base plays a key role in supporting the US offensives, amid the deployment of refueling aircraft as well as AWACS E3 aircraft and MQ9 drones there.

“The deployment of AWACS E3 aircraft and MQ9 drones [in Kuwait] has served as the eyes of America in the region,” the statement reads.

Referring to the deployment of ground units, special forces, and the special helicopter unit "Night Stalkers” at al-Adiri camp, north of Kuwait City, the statement emphasized that the camp played an important role in the recent US operations in southern Isfahan.

Just after dawn on Sunday, Washington launched what it would later frame as a rescue operation to retrieve an American airman, whose F-15 fighter het had been shot down by Iranian air defenses on Friday. The US said the pilot had previously been rescued.

The mission became a complete operational collapse when several American military aircraft were targeted and destroyed.

The spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced that Iranian joint forces had destroyed two C-130 military transport aircraft and two Black Hawk helicopters in southern Isfahan province.

“‘Night Stalkers’ was formed after the US defeat in the ‘Tabas’ operation (Known as ‘Eagle Claw’),” the army’s Monday statement said, referring to the failed 1980 US military operation to retrieve 52 staff of the US embassy, known as the den of espionage in Iran, who had been held after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Back then, American soldiers were killed and US choppers crashed in the central Iranian desert region of Tabas.

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