US bases in eastern Gulf states no longer viable – Ex-CIA Director

Others were Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, as well as the Navy Fifth Fleet assets at the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.

Also hit were Al Minhad Air Base and Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE, Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar—the largest U.S. installation in the region—and facilities and warehouses in Erbil, Iraq.

Over the weekend, the IRGC Navy​ confirmed that U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, causing damage.

The military unit revealed Iranian forces responded by targeting three tankers allegedly using prohibited routes and three U.S.-linked vessels elsewhere.

​A statement by the Navy warned vessels in the Persian Gulf and around ​the Hormuz Strait ​could be targeted if they entered unauthorized waterways​.