US and Iran Trade Missile and Drone Barrages Amid Strait of Hormuz Tensions, Kuwait Hit

The United States and Iran exchanged missile and drone strikes on July 31, 2026, escalating tensions in the Middle East. The US military conducted "heavy strikes" against Iran in response to an Iranian missile attack on a US base in Jordan. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have targeted Jordan's Al-Azraq Air Base with ballistic missiles, claiming destruction of F-35 jets, and also claimed to have struck two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, declaring the waterway "not possible" for transit. Kuwait reported intercepting Iranian drones targeting a US air base, and an Iranian strike killed one worker in Kuwait. US Central Command confirmed striking dozens of IRGC targets in Iran.