Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launched attacks on US military bases and strategic assets in Kuwait and Bahrain on July 31, 2026, saying the strikes were retaliation for US strikes on multiple locations in Iran including Qeshm island the previous day; US President Donald Trump said he was 'losing faith' with Iran but did not rule out a deal

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrived in Islamabad on July 28 for a two-day official visit to meet Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar; Pakistan's Foreign Office said the visit will cover bilateral cooperation and regional matters, with the backdrop of Iran's recent strikes on Kuwait and other Gulf states elevating the agenda

The United States launched new air strikes across Iran on July 24, 2026, targeting sites from the country's south to its north; Iran retaliated by striking US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Erbil; Iran's Health Ministry reported 55 dead and 629 injured in US strikes; Trump threatened a 'massive attack' if Iran refuses to negotiate and proposed using frozen Iranian assets to pay for maritime damages; Oman sent a delegation to Tehran to discuss Hormuz traffic management

Iran's military claimed on July 31 that it struck a US base in Kuwait with a drone, while President Donald Trump said he was losing faith in Iran and warned that fresh US strikes on Iran were coming as soon as the weekend; Kuwait confirmed it intercepted drone attacks; the exchange, coming days after a US-Iran ceasefire pause began, is the first confirmed military action by Iran against a US base since the ceasefire entered its third day on July 27.

Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah arrived in Pakistan on July 28 for a two-day visit to hold talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar; the visit comes in the backdrop of resumed Iranian hostilities in which Iran struck Kuwait and other Gulf Cooperation Council states, and covers bilateral ties alongside regional developments

Iranian missiles and drones hit civilian infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain on July 19-20, including a fire at a Kuwait power plant; Jordan intercepted three Iranian missiles; CNN confirmed a third US service member was killed in the campaign on July 20, bringing total American combat deaths to three; Washington has said its main objective is keeping oil and gas flowing through the Strait of Hormuz; a German outlet cited an Iranian insider saying mediators are pushing a 10-day ceasefire

Jordan's Armed Forces intercepted 10 Iranian missiles on July 18, the latest in a wave of 240-plus projectiles fired at Jordanian territory since February; two US troops died on Jordanian soil a day earlier, but Jordan's Foreign Ministry omitted Jordan from its own list of Iranian-attacked countries

Iran's IRGC struck a Kuwait Petroleum Corporation oil site with reported injuries and hit a second Kuwaiti power and water plant early July 18, as Bahrain sounded air-raid sirens and Iran formally declared the MoU ceasefire agreement dead and expanded its target list to include a Saudi base and Kuwait water infrastructure

The US military struck road bridges connecting Bandar Abbas, Iran's main southern port, to Shiraz overnight July 17, the seventh consecutive night of bombing; Iran widened its retaliation to Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan and Syria, including its first direct attack on a Syrian base in this conflict, while US President Donald Trump signalled openness to diplomacy

Iran's army announced on July 16 that it had targeted US military installations across three countries, Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait, in retaliation for a new US strike wave that included the first US attack on targets near Tehran in the current conflict

US forces hit Bushehr on July 15 and reimposed a naval blockade on Iran while Kuwait and Bahrain confirmed intercepting a new wave of Iranian aerial attacks, widening the Gulf confrontation beyond the Strait of Hormuz

Kuwait's air defences intercepted 33 drones and six missiles in a July 14 Iranian salvo that struck one navy vessel; Bahrain sounded air raid sirens as the Iran-US conflict widened across the Gulf

The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan, a crossfire that again threatened the June 2026 interim deal; the IRGC said it fired 10 missiles at Jordan's Al-Azraq military air base; NATO chief Mark Rutte called US attacks 'absolutely necessary' as Trump threatened a naval blockade and to 'take over' Kharg Island; both sides accused the other of violating the June memorandum of understanding

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a joint missile and drone operation on July 8 against US military sites at Bahrain's Bandar Salman base and Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base, claiming 85 installations targeted; a Qatari LNG vessel, the Al-Rekayyat, was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Qatar to hold Iran legally responsible

Iranian forces hit three commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on July 7, including Qatar's Al-Rekayyat tanker; the US launched retaliatory airstrikes; Iran then claimed strikes on 85 military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait; US President Trump declared the June MoU 'over'

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched missile and drone strikes on US military positions in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman early on July 13, the third exchange of attacks between Iran and the US in one week; US President Trump announced he was reinstating what he called an 'Iranian blockade' and said the US would act as 'Guardian of Hormuz' with a 20% toll

Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and the UAE on July 12, expanding beyond the four states it struck earlier in the day, after the US carried out a third round of airstrikes against Iranian targets in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping; Qatar's military intercepted incoming Iranian fire and three people were injured by shrapnel in Doha; the UAE said missiles fired at Gulf states did not enter its territory; the [[strait-of-hormuz]], formally closed by the [[irgc]] earlier the same day, was physically open to traffic but shipping was warned of a severe threat level

Iran's IRGC launched coordinated strikes on the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet facilities in Bahrain early June 28 in retaliation for US attacks on five Iranian coastal sites; Tehran threatened to halt all diplomatic processes if Washington keeps striking

Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired on Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait and the 5th Fleet's Port Salman in Bahrain on Sunday, the sharpest escalation since the Islamabad MoU; air defenses intercepted most projectiles and no deaths were reported, but Tehran warned of a 'complete halt' to negotiations