Iran says it has launched retaliatory attacks at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain after the US said it hit multiple targets across Iran.

A recent ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran appears even more fragile following the latest hostilities in the region, which includes U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets.

The US military aircraft struck missile and drone sites in Iran a day after Tehran attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

A series of strikes over the weekend saw the US and Iran accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.

Retired Gen. Jack Keane on Sunday said the U.S. has “got to stop” Iran from maintaining control of the Strait of Hormuz. “Certainly, if Iran does any major attack, that’s something that would put us back into major combat operations,

Iran launched missiles and drones on U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain. The U.S. military said earlier it had struck Iran again.

The United States and Iran have separately announced they are sending delegations to Qatar this week, though Tehran insists it has not agreed to meet with the U.S. “at any level.”

Newsweek offers a timeline of the competing U.S. and Iranian claims that have pushed their fragile ceasefire closer to collapse.

The U.S. military says it hit Iranian targets over Iran's drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first American strikes on Iran since the two countries formally agreed to extend a ceasefire last week.

U.S. Central Command said Friday that its forces struck “missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites.”

U.S. Central Command said the attacks were in retaliation for an Iranian drone strike on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.

India, July 3 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Updates: The recent outbreak of violence in the region of Israel and Lebanon shows that peace in the region is still very fragile in spite of ongoing negotiations.