The Jordanian military said in a statement on Tuesday that it intercepted five drones originating from Iran, with no casualties or material damage.
The statement quoted a military source as saying that army forces “dealt with five drones launched from Iran last night and Tuesday morning, and neutralized them efficiently and precisely,” confirming that there were “no human casualties or material damage.”
This statement comes after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed the first of the attacks, claiming in a statement that they had targeted a “complex housing US terrorist forces in the region of Rukban”.
Bahrain’s military said it had intercepted a number of Iranian attacks, nearly two weeks into the resumption of US-Iran hostilities that have included daily attacks on the Gulf kingdom. “The air defenses of the Bahrain Defense Force intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian aerial aggressions,” the military said in a statement on X.
Meanwhile, the US State Department issued an alert urging American citizens around the world to “exercise increased caution” over the war with Iran. The alert said that “due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation.”
“Americans outside the Middle East should reconsider travel to and through the region,” it said, while warning of the heightened possibility of attacks targeting US diplomatic facilities “or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world.”
Similarly, head of International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol warned Tuesday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz “increases concerns about the security of oil supplies” and “uncertainty” regarding the market outlook, while also noting “mitigating factors.”
The Paris-based agency said in a statement that these factors include “significant efforts by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates” to reroute oil through routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, increased exports from other producers “particularly the United States, Brazil, Venezuela, and Kazakhstan,” as well as China’s efforts to de-escalate tensions.
This comes after the US military announced Monday evening the end of its tenth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, targeting “Iranian military command centers, naval capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems, with the goal of degrading Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
For its part, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported Tuesday that it had “seized two oil tankers attempting to transit the unsafe southern route of the Strait of Hormuz after explosions caused large fires on board.” The Revolutionary Guard added that it targeted US military sites, including air defense systems in Bahrain and Kuwait. (AFP/EIR)
