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Shafaq News- Tehran (Updated at 19:30)
Iran has begun implementing a plan that could extend
its response to regional energy, water purification, and desalination
infrastructure, including in Kuwait, if US strikes continue, an Iranian
military source cited by Middle East Spectator claimed on Saturday.
Tehran had also shifted to high-precision medium-range
ballistic missiles after earlier launches of less accurate projectiles weakened
US defenses, according to the source.
📹 منابع کویتی: یک مرکز آموزش نظامی پس از حملات ایران همچنان در حال سوختن است pic.twitter.com/5nsekfw6f1
— اخبار فوری جنگ (@WarNewsIr) July 18, 2026
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation later confirmed that
repeated Iranian attacks on key oil installations had injured workers and
caused extensive damage.
مؤسسة البترول الكويتية: تعرض أحد المواقع الحيوية في القطاع النفطي صباح اليوم لاعتداءات إيرانية غاشمة متكررة نتج عنها عدد من الإصابات وخسائر مادية جسيمة- تم إسعاف المصابين وإخلاء الموقع فيما يجري التعامل مع الإعتداء بالتنسيق مع الجهات المعنية بالدولة#كونا #الكويت pic.twitter.com/N4E0B4P6qu
— كونا KUNA (@kuna_ar) July 18, 2026
Iranian outlets detailed missile and drone strikes on
US military positions in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan. The Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for attacks on the Arifjan Ground
Forces Support Center, radar, maintenance, and drone facilities at Ali Al Salem
Air Base, as well as a US naval fuel support site at Al-Ahmadi Port. The IRGC
also said its forces have hit Sheikh Isa Air Base and a US intelligence data
center identified as Batelco in Bahrain.
Jordan’s military intercepted three drones after
explosions were heard across the country. Iranian media alleged that US
facilities at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq had been struck and set
ablaze.
#عاجل || القوات المسلحة الأردنية: اعتراض وإسقاط أربع طائرات مسيّرة دخلت أجواء المملكة#بترا #الأردن pic.twitter.com/pFlhzzts3p
— Jordan News Agency (@Petranews) July 18, 2026
🔴 پایگاه آمریکا در اردن بهآتش کشیده شددر پی اصابت موشک و پهپاد به پایگاه موفق السلطی آمریکا در اردن، این پایگاه دچار آتشسوزی شده است. https://t.co/kZj4EDbEiv pic.twitter.com/4e6jUjVzP8
— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) July 18, 2026
An Iranian military official separately threatened strikes on Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports and the ports of Fujairah and Jebel Ali if the United States attacks Iranian civilian infrastructure, urging the immediate evacuation of the four sites, according to Fars News Agency. Iranian media also reported multiple US strikes around Sirik, along with attacks near Yazd and Ahvaz.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) had previously reported
operations targeting Iranian surveillance sites, military logistics networks,
underground weapons depots, and maritime capabilities.
Overnight bombardment damaged telecommunications
infrastructure in Hormozgan, disabling 116 towers and disrupting fixed-line,
mobile, and internet services across several northern areas, Iranian officials
told local media. Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour also placed
the toll from three weeks of US attacks at 50 dead and more than 500 wounded.
The fatalities included five women, two children, and two teenagers, while 32
women and 18 children and adolescents were among those injured.
📹 جنایت جنگی آشکار آمریکا علیه زیرساختهای ایرانحمله موشکی به آب شرب مردم!در ادامه حملات تروریستی دشمن آمریکایی به زیرساختهای استان هرمزگان، این بار آبشیرینکن بونجی در غرب شهرستان جاسک مورد حمله تروریستی قرار گرفت که در اثر آن تامین آب با اختلال کامل مواجه شد pic.twitter.com/Mgwdl3u8DR
— خبرگزاری تسنیم (@Tasnimnews_Fa) July 18, 2026
Kpler maritime tracking data showed that no oil tanker
had left the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around 20% of global oil supplies,
for a third consecutive day.
