Iran Targets US Military Assets as Houthis Threaten to Expand Mideast War
The Guards said the tankers were hit by explosions and stopped as the United States launched fresh strikes to weaken Iranian military capabilities.
- On Tuesday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards stopped two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they "were hit by explosions, resulting in massive fires that brought them to a standstill."
- Following deaths of at least three US soldiers, the United States launched strikes "designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping" in the waterway.
- Tehran's Yemeni allies, the Houthis, threatened to blockade Saudi Arabia's ports while Jordan and Bahrain intercepted waves of missiles and drones; Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the conflict "a full-scale war."
- Oil prices surged to a one-month high Monday before easing slightly, as markets fear the Houthis could cut off crude supplies through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, causing major global repercussions.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is set to meet President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday as pressure builds for Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, Israel's key condition before withdrawing from south Lebanon.
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Iran launches new regional attacks as Houthis threaten Saudi ports
TEHRAN, July 21 — Iran stepped up its attacks in the Middle East today, two weeks after its war with the United States resumed, with sirens sounding in Bahrain and Jordan announcing it had intercepted two waves of missiles and drones.Iran’s Yemeni allies, the Houthis, declared they would blockade Saudi Arabia’s ports, in what would throw the world’s energy markets into further chaos after the Islamic republic blockaded the crucial Strait of Horm…
Iran steps up attacks in return to war with US
Iran's Yemeni allies, the Houthis, declared they would blockade Saudi Arabia's ports, in what would throw the world's energy markets into further chaos after the Islamic republic blockaded the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guards meanwhile said they had attacked and stopped two "non-compliant oil tankers" attempting to transit Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded to avenge the US-Israeli attack that kickstarted the war on February…
On Tuesday, Iran targeted US radar and air defence facilities in the Gulf, warning Washington of future "even more powerful" attacks, in a conflict that threatens to expand with the involvement of Yemen's Houthis rebels.
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Iran targets US military assets as Houthis threaten to expand Mideast war
Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Gulf on Tuesday, warning Washington of "more decisive and powerful" attacks to come as the conflict threatened to widen with a blockade of Saudi ports by Houthi rebels in Yemen.Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked and stopped two "non-compliant oil tankers" attempting to transit...
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