The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it fired 12 ballistic missiles at the US-operated al-Azraq air base in Jordan in response to the missile attacks by Washington against the Islamic Republic. In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC said that its Aerospace Force hit American F-35, F-15, and F-16 fighter jets and important facilities of the \u201cterrorist US army\u201d located at the airbase and a command-and-control center. The missile attack destroyed the base\u2019s facilities and a large number of the fighter jets, it added. The IRGC warned that operations would continue as long as the enemy\u2019s mischief persists. Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced in a statement on Thursday that the Armed Forces would continue to respond to the acts of aggression and mischief of the United States. \u201cThe cessation of the US attacks on areas in southern Iran, as announced by the president of that country, is due to the powerful and crushing response of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces, through which another defeat has been inflicted upon that country’s military,\u201d it said. Iran\u2019s highest operational command unit also reiterated the Armed Forces\u2019 firm determination to respond to the US aggression and mischief. In statements issued early Thursday, the IRGC and the Iranian Army announced a series of coordinated retaliatory military operations targeting US military installations across the region, including assets in Bahrain. The IRGC said its Aerospace Force and Navy conducted a retaliatory operation in two separate waves in reprisal for attacks on the Corps’ coastal outposts and service units, law enforcement posts, and the Bandar Abbas airport area. Separately, the Army’s Public Relations Office reported a drone operation targeting the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. Iran\u2019s response came after the US President Donald Trump ordered a fresh round of aggression against Iran last night in a clear breach of a ceasefire that took effect on April 8. He later told Fox News that American forces had launched 49 Tomahawk missiles in the latest attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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