US-Iran strikes: latest developments

Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East.

Sirens sounded in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, with AFP correspondents hearing the alerts in the capital Manama, as the country comes under daily Iranian attacks.

"The siren has been sounded... Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," the ministry said in a statement.

The Jordanian and Kuwaiti militaries reported intercepting fresh salvos of Iranian missiles and drones on Thursday, with Iran's army and Revolutionary Guards saying they had targeted US assets in the countries.

Jordan's army said it had shot down three Iranian missiles on Thursday morning, while a fourth fell in an uninhabited area. Kuwait's military said overnight that it was also intercepting "hostile drone threats", without specifying their target.

Oman, a key mediator between Yemen's Houthis and Saudi Arabia, said it was working to resume talks after the Iran-backed rebels hit a Saudi ship in the Red Sea a day earlier.

Oman's foreign ministry voiced "great concern" at the situation in the Red Sea, adding it was "currently working in coordination with its brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni parties, and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen with the aim of resuming the political process and roadmap to achieve security and stability in the region".

The Iranian army said Thursday that it would continue its strikes around the region until the attacks on Iran stopped, state television reported.

"The armed forces' retaliatory attacks will continue as long as the US attacks on the country's infrastructure and coastal areas continue," said army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia according to state TV, adding that the country was ready for "every enemy scenario".

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Yemen's Houthi rebels had been "suckered" into attacking Red Sea shipping by Iran.

"The Houthis largely were smart and stayed out of all this throughout the conflict, but they now apparently have gotten themselves suckered into this, going after Saudi Arabia and their ships," Rubio said on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that they had attacked and destroyed several American military assets in Jordan, including a radar for the US THAAD missile defence system, a Patriot system, a C-RAM radar and a helicopter hangar.

Iran's army and its Revolutionary Guards in separate statements claimed attacks on several US bases in Kuwait, including the Ali Al Salem base, Camp Udairi, Camp Doha, Camp Arifjan and a telecommunications tower.

A vessel belonging to a Saudi company was hit while transiting the Red Sea, Saudi state media reported, citing an official source, after Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthi rebels claimed it struck tankers in the waterway.

The Houthis had threatened to blockade Saudi ports on the Red Sea -- a key route for oil shipments -- while the five-month war had already led to the effective closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz.

The United States launched strikes against Iranian military targets for a 12th consecutive night, US Central Command announced Wednesday.

Iran state media reported early Thursday Tehran time that the cities of Ramshir and Ahvaz, in the country's southwest, were under "missile attack by the US terrorist enemy," while authorities in Bushehr province, along Iran's Gulf coast, reported an attack there