Iran fired a volley of ballistic missiles toward key US allies that were mostly shot down early Saturday, putting a tenuous cease-fire at risk in the latest military flare-up in the war.

Tehran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, both key allies in the region, posing an “immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,” according to US Central Command.

US forces intercepted six of them, according to CENTCOM, with the seventh failing to reach its intended target.

The latest military escalation by the Iranian regime came just hours after the US downed four Iranian “kamikaze” drones that the US said were headed toward the Strait of Hormuz — the site of an ongoing blockade that President Trump imposed in April after Iranian attacks and threats brought commercial transit to a virtual standstill.

Earlier, US forces hammered Iranian coastal surveillance sites “to defend against further maritime attacks,” and CENTCOM posted black and white video of the destruction on X.

The Iranian regime claimed the US strikes on radar and coastal facilities in Sirik and Qeshm Island were a “clear violation of the ceasefire” and an “act of aggression against national sovereignty,” and vowed to respond.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ attempted attacks on the strait and its Gulf neighbors were an apparent warning to the US when it attempted to move through the waterway without coordinating with Tehran, Al Jazeera reported.

The IRGC said it targeted the Ali Al Salem air base, which hosts US forces in Kuwait, and claimed it damaged the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in Bahrain, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

The US said claims of damage to its naval fleet in Bahrain were “false.”

The defense ministry of Kuwait put out a statement saying its defenses took out seven ballistic missiles. Bahrain, home to the US 5th Fleet, said it intercepted three missiles plus drones.

“The Iranian regime’s continued terrorist acts targeting infrastructure and civilian facilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait are evidence of its desire to destabilize security and stability in the region and undermine peace efforts,” Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jassim Al Budaiwi said in a statement Saturday.

The defense ministry of Kuwait, which houses thousands of US military personnel, put out a statement saying its defenses took out seven ballistic missiles. Bahrain, home to the US 5th Fleet, said it intercepted three missiles plus drones.

Bahrain’s government called the strikes a “serious escalation” as the Trump administration continues to press the regime to make a deal to end the war.

President Trump, who is spending the weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club, said the US would win “one way or the other” – either “militarily or on paper” – a signal that escalation of the war is still an option.

On the diplomatic front, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi was expected in Tehran Saturday as a mediator, according to Iranian state media.