Iran targets 2 US vessels, 8 tankers in Persian Gulf; hits 10 others trying to cross Hormuz
Iran War Updates:US-Iran tensions in the Middle East flared up again on Wednesday after the US Central Command destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. Iranian media later reported that the IRGC Navy attacked 10 ships, including two US vessels, in the Persian Gulf and 10 others near the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran also launched a missile barrage targeting a US military base in Jordan. Jordan, however, said its air defences intercepted 18 of the 20 missiles.
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Punitive operation’: Iran’s Guards hail missile attack on US air base in Jordan
After striking the US air base of Al-Azraq in Jordan, the Iran Revolutionary Guards described the operation as a "punitive strike."
"The 'punitive operation' damaged maintenance and repair facilities, deployment locations and shelters for fighter jets," state-run IRNA quoted an IRGC official as saying.
The strikes came after Tehran urged crews on oil tankers off Kuwait and Bahrain to leave their vessels, warning they "will be targeted", the Guards said in a statement posted on IRNA.
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