Iran army targets sites in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain: state TV

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Iran’s military said it had targeted sites in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain with one-way attack drones , state media reported, in retaliation for US strikes earlier in the day, AFP reports.

The army said “in continuation of the attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army on US bases in the region” it had targeted a Patriot missile interceptor system in Kuwait, an early warning system in Qatar and fuel tanks in Bahrain with “a large number of various types of army kamikaze drones”.

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