Tehran, July 19 -- In a sharp escalation of regional hostilities, the Iranian military announced that it had launched targeted drone strikes against two United States military installations in Kuwait, characterising the operation as direct retaliation for American strikes executed on Iranian soil.

According to a statement broadcast by the state media outlet, the Islamic Republic's armed forces confirmed that the operation involved "large-scale attacks with kamikaze drones against the US military's ammunition depot at Camp Udairi and the Patriot radar system and air surveillance radar at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait."

This Iranian offensive followed a fresh round of American airstrikes conducted against Iran on Sunday. The Pentagon st...