Iran’s IRGC says a drone and missile operation targeted a U.S. base in Azraq, Jordan, during the 20th wave of Operation Nasr 2.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said it carried out a combined missile and drone operation against a U.S. military base in Azraq, Jordan, claiming the destruction of several aircraft during the 20th wave of Operation Nasr 2.
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According to a statement issued by the IRGC Public Relations Office, the operation took place in the early hours of Saturday and targeted fighter aircraft shelters and a large parking ramp at the base. The group said the attack was conducted in response to what it described as U.S. aggression the previous night.
“With a crushing and simultaneous missile and drone attack on the fighter shelters and a large parking ramp at the American base in Azraq, Jordan, at least two American fighter jets and three American aircraft were completely destroyed while inflicting major damage on a number of others,” the IRGC said.
The statement did not provide further details on the reported damage or whether there were casualties.
IRGC addresses Jordanian people and military
In its announcement, the IRGC addressed Jordan’s population and armed forces, urging action against the presence of U.S. forces in the country.
The statement said: “Just as 140 days and nights of the Iranian people’s field presence in the streets in support of the Islamic Revolution has amazed the world, the continuation of the responses of the fighters of Islam, which have been met with divine unseen assistance and decisive success, has plunged the enemy into bewilderment and defeat.”
It added: “It has forced it to flee the battlefield and resort to war crimes and cowardly operations against civilian centers and facilities.”
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The IRGC further stated: “The child-killing U.S. army, by attacking hospitals, bridges, railways, ports, and airports and killing civilians, is trying to hide its defeat in direct confrontation with our armed forces.”
The statement also cited religious rulings while calling on Jordanian citizens and military personnel to act against U.S. forces.
“According to the Fatwa of all Islamic scholars from all sects and denominations, the soldiers who attack Islamic lands are condemned to death,” the IRGC said.
“The condemned U.S. army, which is the killer of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Iraq, and thousands of Muslims in Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, the Philippines, and Palestine, are now within your reach, and your religious and human duty is to eliminate them by any means and cleanse the sacred land of Jordan from the killers of oppressed Muslims,” the statement concluded.
IRGC announces operations targeting U.S. facilities
Earlier on Saturday, the IRGC announced additional missile and drone operations against U.S.-related targets in Kuwait and Bahrain during the 19th wave of Operation Nasr 2.
The group said its naval forces targeted “a fuel support pier for the U.S. fleet at Kuwait’s Al Ahmadi port” and “a gathering point for enemy combat aircraft at Sheikh Isa in Bahrain.”
The IRGC also claimed that its forces destroyed “a U.S. data intelligence center in Bahrain known as Batelco” and “a U.S. signals and telecommunications center in Kuwait.”
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In a separate statement, the IRGC said its ground forces destroyed “a radar at the U.S. Ali Al Salem base in Kuwait” and targeted “a support center for ground forces in Arifjan, killing a number of personnel.”
The group added that its forces destroyed “a weapons maintenance and repair hangar and a drone hangar” during operations described as part of the 18th wave of Operation Nasr 2.
IRGC warns countries hosting U.S. bases
The IRGC said the United States had resumed a conflict that it claimed had continued since the beginning of the previous week.
“The treacherous American regime … officially resumed a war that it had never ended since the beginning of last week,” the statement said.
The group also claimed that Washington had shifted away from direct confrontation with Iranian forces and was instead targeting civilian infrastructure.
“Since there is no international institution to prevent these brutalities of the American army, there is no way but the Quranic command, ‘Whoever commits aggression against you, commit aggression against him in the same manner as he committed against you,’” the statement read.
The IRGC warned countries hosting U.S. military bases and forces to prepare for possible responses, calling on them to activate civilian defense units “to protect the lives of citizens and keep them away from potential targets.”
“Nevertheless, to give an opportunity for this cowardly approach of the American enemy to change, last night, we temporarily chose military targets to respond to the enemy,” the statement added.
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