{"id":323837,"date":"2026-02-28T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=323837"},"modified":"2026-03-01T08:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:46:56","slug":"irgc-pounds-us-bases-across-west-asia-following-us-israeli-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=323837","title":{"rendered":"IRGC pounds US bases across West Asia following US, Israeli aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A combination of video grabs created on February 28, 2026 and taken from UGC images posted on social media on the same day shows show the moment of a strike on a US base in Bahrain.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 Feb 28, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has carried out a string of simultaneous and massive missile strikes against US military bases across West Asia in retaliation for airstrikes targeting several cities in Iran, including the capital Tehran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arabic-language media outlets reported that the Iranian missiles struck US military installations in Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that a series of the projectiles slammed into a base where US marines are based in Jafir region of Bahrain<\/p>\n<p>Bahraini authorities state that the service center of the Fifth Fleet of the US Navy has been hit as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network also reported that a number of loud explosions were heard in Kuwait City. Sirens warning of incoming missiles were triggered.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Screams of grief filled the air in Minab, Iran, after an US-Israeli attack on an elementary school martyred multiple students.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boCY50qfi9\">https:\/\/t.co\/boCY50qfi9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EHlAGawkQn\">pic.twitter.com\/EHlAGawkQn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/2027710207237693628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are reports that Ali Al-Salem airbase west of the Kuwaiti capital was targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, al-Udeid airbase in the Qatari capital of Doha has been pounded as well.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Thick smoke was seen rising in the sky following blasts in Tehran. There were also explosions in Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, Tabriz and Kermanshah.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump and the Israeli army confirmed the launch of the airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2026\/02\/28\/764829\/IRGC-pounds-US-bases-across-West-Asia-following-US-Israeli-aggression\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps has targeted a string of U.S. military bases across West Asia with missile strikes following U.S.\/Israeli air strikes against several Iranian cities, including Tehran, early Saturday morning <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":323839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323840,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323837\/revisions\/323840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/323839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}