US and Iran exchange strikes as Israel intensifies attacks on southern Lebanon

US forces down drones near strait of Hormuz, sparking attack on American airbase in Kuwait Trump accuses Iran of stalling peace deal to ‘outwait’ him until US midterms The US has carried out new strikes inside Iran , targeting a military facility and downing Iranian attack drones, US officials said, which prompted an apparent Iranian retaliatory attack on an American airbase in Kuwait. US Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the strait of Hormuz, according to US officials, who were not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. A ground control station in Iran’s Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone was hit by the attacks, officials said. “These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire,” an official told Reuters. Two hours later, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported the Revolutionary Guards had targeted an American base in Kuwait “that served as the source of the attack”, in retaliation for the strikes. Kuwait’s army confirmed its air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, just before 6am in Kuwait City. The apparent t