New Delhi, July 17 -- KUWAIT CITY - The fire at Kuwait's power and water desalination plant was contained within hours, but the threat it represents has no quick fix. Iranian missiles struck one of the facilities that produces nearly all of the country's drinking water on Friday, damaging multiple electricity generation units and sparking a blaze, as the United States simultaneously cut the highway and railway bridges connecting Iran's main southern port to the rest of the country.

American aircraft targeted bridge and road infrastructure in Hormozgan province overnight, aiming to sever Bandar Abbas, Iran's largest port and the IRGC Navy's primary Gulf headquarters, from central Iran and Tehran. Iranian health officials said the strikes ...