Iran says US bases were targeted in the Gulf

The conflict in the Middle East is pushing millions towards hunger due to high oil prices, the UN food agency, the World Food Programme, said on Friday. Short supply of fertilizer.

A new report from WFP Analyzed three countries and found that an additional 2.5 million people in Somalia, 1.3 million in Sri Lanka and 2.3 million in Afghanistan are struggling to meet basic food needs due to the crisis.

“The closure of Hormuz is increasing hunger,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, director of WFP’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service.

“In many cases, the poorest families around the world, far from the epicenter of the crisis, are being hardest hit.”

The war has had a long-lasting impact on the global food supply. In some areas, farmers are entering planting season lack of fertilizerDue to which crop production reduces and food prices increase.

“One of the biggest concerns is that the full impact of this crisis has not yet been felt,” Bauer said.

“Even if the conflict ends today, irreparable damage has been done and the impact on prices, livelihoods and humanitarian operations will continue to be felt for a long time.”

US Central Command said the US had intercepted “numerous Iranian ballistic missiles and drones” launched towards the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf states.

In a statement on Thursday, US CENTCOM said Iran fired ballistic missiles towards Kuwait and Bahrain hours after the US shot down four Iranian drones, posing an “immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.”

“Preliminary assessments indicate that six missiles launched by Iran were intercepted and the seventh did not reach its intended target.” US Central Command said.

“There are currently no reports of harm to US personnel, and Iranian claims of damage to the US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain are false.”

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Saturday morning that it targeted US bases in the Gulf region.

“Following the invasion of pedophiles and terrorists by US forces into Sirik and Qeshm islands, enemy positions in the area were attacked with air missiles,” state broadcaster IRIB quoted the Revolutionary Guard as saying.

Kuwait said its air defenses responded to “hostile” drones and missiles, while Bahrain activated its air raid sirens.

air raid sirens have gone off bahrain In the early hours of Saturday morning.

“Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and move to the nearest safe location,” Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on Friday.

This comes after another Gulf state, Kuwait, reported intercepting “hostile” drones and missiles.

Kuwait’s military said early Saturday that its air defenses responded to “hostile” drone and missile attacks. It did not specify their exact origin.

“The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces has confirmed that the explosions that could be heard are the result of intercepting hostile attacks by air defense systems,” the Kuwaiti military said on Twitter.

The attack comes days after an attack on Kuwait’s international airport that killed one person and injured dozens of others.

American Central Command forces have killed four Iranian The “one-sided attack drones” were launched in a strategic direction, he said strait of hormuz.

US forces also struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in the city of Goruk and Qeshm Island on the Persian Gulf, US Centcom said on Thursday, adding that the strikes were aimed at “defending against further attacks”.

“The attack drones pose an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,” US Central Command said.

Iran has launched a new wave of attacks on US targets in the Gulf region, with attacks being detected in Bahrain and Kuwait.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attacks were in retaliation for the US destroying Iranian radars on Goruk and Qeshm Islands. The US said Iranian ballistic missiles and drones were intercepted.

Meanwhile, the conflict is having a serious impact around the world, with the UN World Food Program reporting that millions of people are being pushed towards starvation due to rising oil prices and fertilizer shortages.

All this and more is unfolding in our Middle East coverage.