Iran and US exchange strikes across Jordan and Kuwait as conflict widens

US forces hit Iranian coastal surveillance and air-defence sites on July 19, the eighth straight night of strikes under Operation Epic Fury. Centcom said the targets were IRGC — Iran's elite military force — behind an attack that killed two US troops in Jordan. Iran's army said it retaliated within hours with drone strikes on US bases in Jordan and Kuwait, widening the conflict across four countries.