Tag: StraitOfHormuz
Trump Warns Iran After US Troop Deaths
President Donald Trump warned Iran will face consequences for killing American service members, after three US troops died in separate incidents over the weekend. Trump said on social media that "every time Iran kills an American Soldier" going forward, "they will pay for that killing many times over," adding that…
US Not Ready for a Wider Iran War
An American official told The Washington Post that the Pentagon is preparing for a wider war with Iran, days after three US service members were killed in Jordan and Iraq, according to The Times of Israel.The official said dwindling stockpiles of air defense and long-range munitions, along with limited troop…
Iraq, Syria Sign Deal to Revive Mediterranean Oil Route
Iraq and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington on Friday to rehabilitate the long-idled Kirkuk–Baniyas crude oil pipeline, advancing plans to reopen a Mediterranean export route as the war around the Strait of Hormuz exposes Baghdad's dependence on Gulf shipping lanes.The memorandum was among roughly 50 agreements worth…
US Strikes Iran for Seventh Straight Night
The United States carried out strikes on Iran for a seventh consecutive night on Friday, according to Euronews. US Central Command said its forces hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities, while continuing to enforce a naval blockade of Iranian ports.Iran responded in kind. Iran's…
Sixth Night of US Strikes Hits Iran
US forces began a new wave of strikes against Iran at 2 p.m. ET Thursday, the sixth consecutive night, "to further degrade Iranian military capabilities" CENTCOM said in a statement posted on X. CENTCOM added that the strikes hit "dozens" of coastal surveillance, air defense, and logistics targets, and that…
US Strikes Six Bridges Near Iran’s Key Port
The United States expanded its sixth night of strikes against Iran into a campaign against inland logistics, hitting the Kahurestan and Giriyeh bridges on the Bandar Abbas–Lar highway, the main road link between Iran's largest port and Shiraz, along with a railway junction and a maritime control tower at Chabahar,…
Blockade Bites as US Strikes Gulf Island
US Central Command struck Greater Tunb Island on July 15, targeting cruise missile storage and launch sites along with coastal defense systems in a 90-minute wave, according to AP. Iran seized the island along with Abu Musa and Lesser Tunb from what would become the UAE in 1971, and the…
Iran Hits Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait in One Day
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out strikes against US military facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait within hours of each other on July 14, part of an operation the IRGC designated "Operation Nasr 2," according to The Tribune.The IRGC said it destroyed weapons and equipment storage sheds and struck…
Houthis May Soon Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemeni Houthis have said they could close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the coming days, threatening a second major chokepoint alongside Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.A member of the Houthi-aligned Ansar Allah movement's political bureau, Mohammed al-Farah, said the group intends to close Bab el-Mandeb in tandem with…
U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Truce Unravels
The United States and Iran exchanged another round of strikes on Wednesday, the fourth consecutive night of fighting since the ceasefire framework agreed last month effectively collapsed.U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along Iran's southern coast as Washington expanded maritime operations aimed at restricting…
