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Tehran (Iran) – Missiles are flying across the Middle East again. Iran launched a “surprise attack” on American soldiers, the US military said on Platform X. The US Gulf Command (Centcom) said in a statement: “At 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time (1:15 a.m. Iranian time), Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempt to surprise U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East.” All missiles were “successfully intercepted,” but U.S. forces remained “on alert and at maximum alert.”
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The target of the attack was not named. According to the American news portal Axios, the missiles flew towards the US base in Jordan. It was the first time Iran had attacked without previously being attacked by the US or Israel, he writes. Iran expert Hamidreza Azizi on Platform X.
This could be a signal after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (76) visited the White House. Thus, the attack may have been intended as a warning to the United States. Before the meeting, media reported that Netanyahu might ask Trump for approval for new Israeli attacks in Iran.
US and Saudi Arabia attack Iraq
That night, the US and Saudi Arabia struck back! After US military information They attacked positions of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. According to Centcom, the airstrikes targeted several logistics and weapons depots in the east of the country. Accordingly, the military responded to more than 30 drone attacks in the last 72 hours, which were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards. They and their “terrorist proxies” must stop the attacks to avoid further military response from the US, it said.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia announced that for the second day in a row it had shot down drones launched by pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and aimed at oil facilities in the east of the kingdom.
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The truce has officially ended
The attacks ended a ceasefire that had been in place since Friday. The mediators tried to bring both sides back to the negotiating table. After 13 nights of continuous US airstrikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks from Tehran, the two sides no longer reported attacks on each other – until today.
US President Donald Trump (80) even saw that a negotiated solution was achievable. “We are in very deep negotiations with Iran,” he told Axios. On Monday he spoke of a “good chance” of reaching an agreement with Tehran.
Is lack of ammunition to blame for stopping US attacks?
The sudden stop of the attack could have another reason. According to CNN, US Vice President J.D. Vance (41 years old) and Chief of Staff Dan Cain (57 years old) were concerned about the escalation of the conflict. Among other things, Kane pointed to dwindling ammunition stocks in the United States, the report said, citing informed sources. According to the New York Times, we are talking primarily about anti-aircraft ammunition, such as Patriot missiles.