US and Iran exchange strikes as Israel intensifies attacks on southern Lebanon

US forces down drones near strait of Hormuz, sparking attack on American airbase in Kuwait The US has carried out new strikes inside Iran , targeting a military facility and downing Iranian attack drones, US officials said, which prompted an apparent Iranian retaliatory attack on an American airbase in Kuwait.US Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the strait of Hormuz, according to US officials, who were not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.