US conducts new air strikes on Iran's Revolutionary Guard

The United States has carried out a new round of military strikes targeting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps amid an ongoing and escalating direct conflict, as Iranian missile and drone attacks expanded over the weekend to strike U.S. military facilities and related infrastructure in multiple Gulf countries. The U.S. strikes, which officials said aimed to degrade Iranian military capabilities, followed an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan that resulted in the deaths of two American service members, with a third listed as missing.

This exchange marks a significant escalation in a confrontation that began in June 2026 following the collapse of a ceasefire. The recent days have seen a seventh consecutive night of U.S. strikes on Iranian targets. In response, Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for attacks on Saturday targeting a site housing U.S. combat aircraft at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, as well as U.S. military facilities in Jordan and Kuwait. Iranian state media also claimed strikes on a U.S. naval fuel-support pier in Kuwait and a data center in Bahrain. While these claims have not been independently verified,...