Iran Just Warned Washington That Every New Strike Widens the War — and Now Hormuz Isn’t the Only Chokepoint Under Threat
U.S. Central Command said it carried out another heavy wave of strikes on Iranian targets after Tehran hit American forces in the Middle East.
- Early Thursday, Central Command completed a "heavy wave" of strikes on Iranian military command centers, missile, and drone facilities, responding to Iranian ballistic missile attacks on American forces in Jordan on Wednesday.
- Ending a dayslong pause, Saudi Arabia conducted joint strikes with American forces against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on Wednesday, drawing regional allies into direct conflict.
- Egyptian authorities are investigating an explosion at the port of Damietta that ignited fires on two ships, including an American-owned tanker, with officials pledging "necessary measures to protect Egypt's interests and national security."
- President Trump stated on Wednesday that American forces would be "hitting them very hard," implying Iranian responsibility for the Egyptian incident while Iranian-backed Houthi threats against Red Sea shipping stoke market volatility.
- The fighting has expanded beyond the Strait of Hormuz, where Insurers warn of elevated risks following Iranian-backed Houthi threats against a Saudi oil tanker, injecting volatility across Middle East energy markets.
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Iran Just Warned Washington That Every New Strike Widens the War — and Now Hormuz Isn’t the Only Chokepoint Under Threat
As the war in Iran continues, a new pattern has emerged, one that eschews large-scale strikes in favor of more sustained, tit-for-tat exchanges involving Iran, the United States, Israel, and Tehran’s regional allies — with no sign of either side backing down. While the front lines remain centered on Iran, the fighting has increasingly spilled across the Middle East, drawing in groups like the Houthis and raising serious concerns about global ene…
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Iran war draws in more countries as fighting escalatesAfter a few days of relative calm, the Iran war is escalating once again, and this time, more countries are in the mix. Egypt said two ships were hit with a drone in the port of Damietta on Wednesday, just 40 miles from the exit of the Suez Canal, the first attack in the country since the war began. Jordan’s military this morning also intercepted five missiles launched from Iran, and the US t…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = Concerns of an all-out war are escalating as the U.S. and Iran resume fighting after three days. Meanwhile, the front lines have expanded across the Middle East...
Middle East faces expanded war as Iran and US reignite attacks
NEW YORK — The Middle East teetered on the brink of an expanded war Thursday, after Iran and the United States reignited their hostilities and inflamed conflicts on other fronts that threatened to draw in more countries.
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