CAIRO: Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain reported fresh Iranian attacks on Sunday as hostilities between the United States and Iran spread to neighboring countries, prompting calls for a de-escalation of tensions across the Middle East.
Jordanian air defenses intercepted three missiles fired from Iran toward Jordanian territory, while a fourth fell in a remote area in southern Jordan, causing no casualties or damage, state broadcaster Jordan Radio and Television Corporation reported on social media X.
Media reports said the missiles were aimed at US military aircraft based in the southern Jordanian coastal city of Aqaba. which borders the Israeli city of Eilat.
After the incident, Israel’s Channel 13 reported that the US military evacuated a plane that was refueling from Ramon Airport in southern Israel, about 18 kilometers north of Eilat, after a missile was fired towards Jordan.
Israeli state-run Kan TV News said commercial passenger flights at the airport were delayed after the incident. Earlier that day, the US Embassy in Amman issued a security alert saying the airport and port of Aqaba had been evacuated due to a “specific and credible threat,” urging Americans to avoid those locations until further notice.
Jordanian authorities later denied the embassy’s claim, saying both sites were operating normally. Also on Sunday, Kuwait’s armed forces said air defenses had intercepted enemy ballistic missiles and drones over the country, while another strike hit a power plant and a water treatment plant, causing fires and extensive damage.
Editor Chouk Bora
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