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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says its forces have struck the command compound and living quarters of the US commander at Kuwait\u2019s Ali Al-Salem Air Base, setting fire to a drone hangar and deployment ramp and destroying a number of drones.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement issued on Wednesday, the IRGC\u2019s Public Relations Department said the operation was carried out in response to a US attack on civilians in Iran.<\/p>\n The retaliation came after\u00a0US forces turned a young Sunni couple\u2019s wedding ceremony in Sirik, southern Iran, into a mourning ceremony by bombing a residential house, it said.<\/p>\n Nearly 70 civilians were affected in the attack, with five\u00a0people, including a child, killed.<\/p>\n \u201cIn response to this crime, at dawn today, the brave fighters of the IRGC Ground Force, simultaneously with attacks on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Erbil, carried out a combined missile-and-drone strike on the command center and living quarters of the US commander at Ali Al-Salem base,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n The IRGC added that the attack killed a number of US personnel and was followed by strikes on a drone hangar and the ramp used to deploy drones involved in attacks against Iran. It said several drones were destroyed and the hangar was set ablaze<\/p>\n Addressing the Kuwaiti people, the IRGC said, \u201cYou know well about our affection and affinity with you. What pains and concerns us is the occupation of Islamic lands by the child-killing and terrorist US military.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement added that the attacks were intended to help \u201ccleanse the pure land and generous homeland of Kuwait from the presence of American infidels.\u201d<\/p>\n The IRGC expressed hope for \u201cthe destruction of US domination and the Zionist regime and the freedom and independence of the noble people of Kuwait from the occupying aggressors.\u201d<\/p>\n The IRGC retaliation followed a fresh series of US acts of aggression, which hit the counties of Chabahar and Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan, among other areas.<\/p>\n The terrorist US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed in a statement that it launched airstrikes in retaliation for what it termed attempts by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz and a missile barrage directed at a US military base in Jordan – a claim rejected by Iran’s military sources.<\/p>\n This latest flare-up comes just days after the US conducted strikes on the Iranian island of Larak in the Strait of Hormuz, which Washington claimed was aimed at preventing Tehran from planting mines.<\/p>\n In response, Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting US forces stationed in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n Iran’s armed forces have vowed to deliver “crushing and devastating” blows to the United States following the new wave of American airstrikes targeting military positions in the southern Iranian provinces.<\/p>\n