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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 state broadcaster IRIB, citing a military source, said sounds of explosions near Sirik are related to the impact of several projectiles on a telecommunications tower.
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The US said it had hit multiple targets "in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping".
The U.S. military said Saturday it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Trump's direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire. Iran had l...
The U.S. carried out a new round of strikes Sunday local time in response to "Iranian aggression against commercial shipping," CENTCOM says.
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...
The US military says it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction
The US military says it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction
The ongoing strikes in the Persian Gulf came after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and end the war.
The ongoing strikes in the Persian Gulf came after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and end the war.
The ongoing strikes in the Persian Gulf came after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and end the war.
The U.S. military is conducting strikes on Iranian targets in the area of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for an attack Saturday morning on a commercial tanker, the U.S. military centra...
“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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 US military said it struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, in the worst escalation since the two sides signed an interim peace deal two weeks ago.
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.
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday.
US says it hit Iran after tanker attack in Strait of Hormuz The US military says it has launched fresh strikes on several targets in Iran after another attack on a ship passing through the...
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 military said in a post on X that “Iran had a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement” but “elected not to” when its forces attacked a ship Saturday.
The military said in a post on X that “Iran had a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement” but “elected not to” when its forces attacked a ship Saturday.
The military said in a post on X that “Iran had a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement” but “elected not to” when its forces attacked a ship Saturday.
Military action in response to Iranian attacks on shipping is a further blow to hopes of sustained ceasefire
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.
The attacks across the Persian Gulf show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control, even after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and agree on a final accord to...
The US military on Saturday conducted additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 28 - The U.S. military said it struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, in the worst escalation since the two sides signed an interim...
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.
US strikes come after ships struck by drones in Strait of Hormuz
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...
The attacks come after an Iranian drone allegedly struck another commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
The military also said that “commercial vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz continue.”
Explosions were heard in the southern Iranian city of Sirik on Sunday, state broadcaster IRIB reported, without providing further details.
The US conducted a fresh round of strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, the military said.
US hits Iran again targets military sites in fresh strikes after ship attack
Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday, likely Tehran’s response to overnight airstrikes by the United St...
Shots have been fired in the Strait of Hormuz. The is a diplomatic and logistical condundrum of what to do next. A literal rock and a hard place, where 11,000 crew remain stuck on ships in...
The United States attacked Iranian drone sites Saturday morning, and Iran hit Bahrain in response.
The terrorists in Iran targeted Bahrain last night after the US launched retaliatory attacks, and they also hit another ship with a drone. Below is the report from the AP: Iran launched...
Iran hit Bahrain with drone strikes today along with a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz to retaliate against a U.S. airstrike against drone and missile storage facilities on Iran’s coast. Whi...
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