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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced an attack on the US military base in Jordan.
Jordanian state television, citing the armed forces, reported that three missiles launched from Iran overnight were intercepted and sirens sounded in the capital Amman on Monday evening.
Opening summary: Iran claimed responsibility for attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz during new US attacks
Welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East crisis.
Iranian attacked the tanker Strait of Hormuz Earlier on Tuesday, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis forced its crew to abandon ship as Saudi Arabia announced an immediate naval blockade of the Red Sea after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time in years last week.
The Bab al-Mandeb Strait, at the southern tip of the Red Sea through which about 12 percent of world trade passes, will be closed to the Saudis in response to the kingdom’s “unfair blockade on the Yemenis for more than 10 years,” a Houthi official said.
Saudi Arabia said it would take “all necessary measures to protect its ships in accordance with international law.”
Ten consecutive nights of US airstrikes have failed to force Tehran to loosen its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global energy supplies. However, while the Iranian president said that the country was returning to “total war”, the Iranian interior minister went to Iran. Pakistan – an important mediator in the conflict – for negotiations.
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The latest US strikes came hours after Donald Trump said Iran would pay the price “many times over” for killing US soldiers after several soldiers were killed in a clash over the weekend.
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A tanker was attacked early Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of OmanThe British military’s UK Merchant Marine Operations center said it forced the crew to abandon ship. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attack and two other attacks on ships in the waterway on Monday.
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US military’s Central Command says recent airstrikes are a ‘humiliation’ of Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping Attacks in the Bosphorus include hitting military command centers and missile and unmanned aerial vehicle launch sites.
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Iranian media reported strikes in parts of the country such as Bandar Abbas, Tabriz and BushehrIt hosts the country’s only operational civilian nuclear force.
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The attacks launched by Iran in response to Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, all host US forces.
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Oil prices softened after reaching more than one-month highs in the previous session. Brent crude futures were down 0.4% to $88.87 a barrel by 0052 GMT on Tuesday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery was steady at $82.47 a barrel.
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Democrats urge Trump to urgently dissuade restart of war with Iran over deaths of three US soldiers killed in Iran attacks Among widespread concerns about climbing losses.
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Lebanese army begins to take over security of three villages in the southThe United States has said it faces the first test on the ground of a deal that would secure Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the disarmament of Hezbollah.
