🔹 Iran has officially launched Operation “Barakat al-Fatah”, a wide-ranging retaliatory campaign targeting U.S. military installations in the Middle East, according to Iranian state media outlet IRIB.
🔹 Confirmed Developments:
• Explosions reported at Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq, a major hub for U.S. forces.
• Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. military installation in the region, was struck by Iranian ballistic missiles. Air raid sirens sounded across Doha, with no casualties reported so far, according to U.S. officials.
• French, British, and American fighter jets are now conducting high-alert patrols over the Persian Gulf to monitor further threats.
• Bahrain and Kuwait issued air raid alerts, indicating potential risk to additional U.S. and coalition sites across the Gulf.
• The attack on Al Asad and Al Udeid marks a multi-theater escalation, with Iran expanding its battlefield reach beyond a single front.
🔹 Coalition forces have been placed on heightened readiness, with defensive and counter-offensive operations reportedly underway or in planning.
🔹 This development represents the most direct and coordinated Iranian military action against U.S. assets since the beginning of the war.
