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The United States military conducted strikes “against multiple targets in Iran” Saturday afternoon after Tehran launched a drone attack against a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday morning. “CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression...
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The United States military conducted strikes “against multiple targets in Iran” Saturday afternoon after Tehran launched a drone attack against a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz ear...
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic
Iran says it has launched retaliatory attacks at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain after the US said it hit multiple targets across Iran.
The US military said Saturday it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Sunday said it had carried out overnight attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait and threatened a “complete halt” could c...
Military action in response to Iranian attacks on shipping is a further blow to hopes of sustained ceasefire
Gulf countries attacked after US launches second round of strikes on Iran.
Iran resisting US pressure over Hormuz routes, analyst says Abas Aslani, a senior research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies, said the United States and Iran are advanc...
CENTCOM says it hit 10 targets 'in and near the Strait of Hormuz' in retaliation for drone attack on Panama-flagged tanker; IRGC responds by hitting US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain
The U.S. carried out a new round of strikes Sunday local time in response to "Iranian aggression against commercial shipping," CENTCOM says.
President Trump has warned Iran will 'no longer exist' after the US launched retaliatory military strikes following Tehran's alleged drone attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, b...
The US had struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions on Friday, too, after it accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship that was transiting the Strait of Hor...
Iran said Saturday it struck several U.S. military targets in response to a U.S. attack on Iranian missile and drone facilities on Friday.
The U.S. carried out a new round of military strikes against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after Iran allegedly violated a ceasefire agreement by launching attack dr...
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday that American forces carried out another round of strikes on multiple targets in Iran after a Panama-flagged oil tanker was attacked near t...
Fifteen vessels of Indian interest remain stranded in the Persian Gulf, west of the strait, and were identified for evacuation, the directorate said in a report
The U.S. military conducted fresh strikes on Iranian targets in retaliation for an attack Saturday morning on a commercial tanker, as President Trump threatened the possibility of restartin...
"There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started," said US President Donald Trump.
The U.S. military said Saturday it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire.
The incident comes amid a renewed flare-up in the Gulf that has seen the U.S. and Iran exchange fire in recent days.
Vice-president JD Vance says US holds all the cards in conflict with Iran – key US politics stories from Saturday 27 June Hours before fresh military strikes were exchanged in the strait of...
The incident comes amid a renewed flare-up in the Gulf that has seen the U.S. and Iran exchange fire in recent days.
THE US has hit "multiple targets" in Iran just one day after launching fresh attacks - marking another blow to the fragile ceasefire. Donald Trump said the new strikes were a response to Te...
President Trump on Saturday threatened to wipe Iran off the face of the Earth after US forces launched strikes against the country for its violations of the 60-day memorandum of understandi...
President Donald Trump issued a stark threat against Iran on Saturday night, warning that the country could cease to exist if it continues attacking, as he announced a new round of U.S. str...
The U.S. conducted a fresh round of strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, as a weekend of tit-for-tat attacks led both sides to claim violations of the ceasefire underpinnin...
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
The U.S. Central Command said the strikes were conducted in response to an Iranian drone attack that struck an oil tanker earlier on June 27.
The attacks come as the United States and Iran are supposed to be engaging in a 60-day ceasefire as they attempt to work toward a resolution.
The U.S. launched strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, "in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping." The post US Launches Strikes Agains...
The U.S. carved out an alternate path that runs along Oman's coast and said Saturday that it's been expanded to accommodate inbound and outbound traffic.
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday that U.S. forces conducted additional strikes against multiple Iranian targets in response to an attack against a Panama-flagged tanker near...
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