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US military officials on Saturday said Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward the neighboring Gulf nations of Kuwait and Bahrain, with US forces intercepting six of the missiles and a seventh failing to reach its target. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had hit “enemy bases” in the Gulf. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
The UN food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war, as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high.
In March, World Food Program predicted that 45 million people could be pushed into food insecurity by the end of June. That would be on top of the 318 million people around the world who are already food insecure.
“We remain by that prognosis,” WFP’s acting Executive Director Carl Skau told UN reporters.
WFP said in its report, circulated late Thursday, that its findings indicate the Mideast crisis is generating “significant spillovers,” particularly on the prices of food and fuel, and disrupting trade.
“These impacts are expected to intensify in the coming months, even if the crisis in the Middle East de-escalates,” WFP said.
Kuwait’s military said early Saturday is was responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks, without specifying their origin.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has rejected remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that Lebanon was a bargaining chip for Tehran.
Aoun said on Friday that Iran was using Lebanon as a “bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States” and that Lebanese people were paying the price for Iran’s interests.
The United States announced Friday its approval of a $1.98 billion arms sale to Kuwait.
In a statement, the US State Department said it would allow purchases of counter-drone technology from defense company Anduril, which was founded by a supporter of President Donald Trump.
US forces intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, Central Command has said.
Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain hours after CENTCOM shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, the statement said.
US forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island, it said.
CENTCOM said that initial assessments indicate six of the missiles launched by Iran were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target.
However Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they hit “enemy bases” in the Gulf.
“Following the invasion of the child-killing and terrorist US army into Sirik and Qeshm Island, enemy bases in the region were hit by aerial missiles,” state broadcaster IRIB reported, quoting the Guards.
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(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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