Iran's military says it launched fresh overnight attacks on American bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, with Kuwaiti authorities condemning what they called blatant Iranian aggression.
The strikes are the latest in a series of Iranian retaliatory actions against US forces across the region, with the Pentagon's casualty database now listing 767 American troops wounded in the six-month-old war.
The White House has been trying to reshape the narrative around the conflict, with Vice President JD Vance telling reporters the initial military operation went exactly as US President Donald Trump had planned.
Nick Harper reports from Washington.
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Nick Harper, our reporter in Washington, says Vice President Vance pointed to what he described as behind-the-scenes cooperation from Beijing in pressuring Tehran economically.
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