The US carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the US military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to embroil additional countries in the region. “US forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8pm ET today,” US Central Command said in a statement. “The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East.” Earlier on Wednesday, a drone hit a US-owned gas storage...
Chinese scientists have used detailed satellite imagery analysis to examine damage to US military bases in the Middle East, uncovering discrepancies in both Washington and Tehran’s claims over the scale of the conflict. Using advanced remote sensing and image-processing techniques, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) also identified damage patterns that exposed vulnerabilities in fixed overseas military installations and highlighted operational shortcomings on either...
‘Iran attacks now to send message as US assets build up in Israel’
The US president has at least three military options - none are good.
The Iranian-aligned Houthis on Thursday claimed military strikes on two Saudi oil tankers as part of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, further raising the risk of a second chokehold on world oil supplies at the Red Sea in coordination with Iran’s attempt to control the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile the US military said on Wednesday it launched a new round of strikes on Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, marking a 12th successive night of American attacks. The Yemen-based militants, who...
US and Iran trade new threats as more explosions are reported in Iranian cities, including Sirik, Ahvaz and Bushehr.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells US senators that the war has cost the US $37.5bn so far.
The US military’s 11th consecutive night of strikes extended to Iranian provinces not previously hit.
The cost of the United States’ war in Iran has risen to US$37.5 billion so far, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, as he faced sceptical lawmakers for the first time since heavy bombings resumed to seek urgent funding for the unpopular conflict. With just six months before midterm elections in which US President Donald Trump’s Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House of Representatives and Senate majorities, Democrats are riding high in public opinion polls as...
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None of the choices facing Iran’s leaders offer a clear path to victory, as the conflict with the US continues.
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 the Strait of Hormuz, part of an effort to tighten its grip on the vital waterway while the war reignited. Following the deaths of at least three...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) released footage of its forces launching the latest round of strikes against Iran.
Washington vows revenge for US military casualties, while Iran claims attacks on US sites across the region.
Explosions reported in Iran's Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Chabahar and Konarak as US launches new wave of attacks.
US President Donald Trump said the latest strikes on Iran were carried out 'in honour' of killed US military personnel.
The US military carried out its ninth consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
A US soldier has been killed in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian downed drone.
The US military launches 9th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
The US military on Sunday reported the death of another US soldier, bringing the total US military death toll in the Iran war to 17. In a post on social media, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said a soldier was killed in northern Iraq on Saturday during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. A second soldier sustained minor injuries and is continuing to receive medical treatment, it said. This came a day after the US military reported that two...
The US military launched air strikes on Sunday targeting Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for the killing of American troops in Jordan, further widening the crossfire between the nations as they fight over the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes, now part of a weeklong campaign that has seen Iran strike US-allied countries across the Middle East, come as an interim deal seeking to find an end to the Iran war has collapsed. The US has targeted bridges, electrical facilities and...
Sirik and Hajiabad areas in Iran's Hormozgan province targeted as US says revenge for killing of two soldiers.
US and Iran have stepped up attacks in the last week, prompting alarm about return to full-scale war across the region.
The US military on Saturday announced the first American troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan. They were killed Friday as the US and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, a statement said. Four other service members who were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals were later discharged. The dead were not identified. Since the war began,...
Analysts say the goals range from targeting Iran's supply lines to curbing its influence in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US has made good on threats to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran in its sixth-straight night of attacks.
Donald Trump has refused to rule out sending US troops into Iran as fighting resumes and US strikes continue.
The US military targeted an unladen oil tanker which it said was heading for the key Iranian oil terminal on Kharg island.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening programme for “testosterone deficiency” among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best”. The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members’ required medical screenings for those 30 and older, he said. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested. In a video on social media, Hegseth said receiving testosterone replacement therapy would be...
US Central Command has released video showing its latest wave of attacks reportedly hitting Iran's mainland and islands.
US has carried out more attacks on Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions in Kish, Qeshm and Bandar Abbas.
Iran targets its Gulf neighbours in third round of tit-for-tat attacks with US in a week.
Iran's IRGC says it attacked sites linked to the US military in Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman after latest US bombardment.
The US has launched a new wave of strikes on Iran targeting Tehran's ability to threaten shipping in the strait.
Iranian state media report explosions in port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Jask, as well as Qeshm Island.
The US military said it has launched another round of strikes against Iran “to degrade their ability to attack commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. The strikes, which took place overnight on Sunday into Monday, came after attacks by the US military on Sunday morning in response to an Iranian strike on a container ship in the critical waterway the day before. Iran responded to those strikes by attacking Gulf Arab states in an escalating cycle of violence that left the...
Sunday's attacks follow three previous days of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and US as a June ceasefire deal frays.
US military has significantly increased the scale of attacks on Iran in recent days as the Strait of Hormuz standoff boils over.
Tehran hits back at several GCC countries, following the most intense US bombing since an MoU was signed last month.
US CENTCOM completes third round of strikes on Iran
US forces have launched a third round of strikes on Iran in a week.
Iran on Sunday said it closed the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel travelled on an unapproved route and was struck, warning that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response”. “A vessel that had jeopardised maritime security by switching off its systems was struck and brought to a halt,” the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement, without giving any details about the ship. The US military said shortly after that it had launched a new...
Iranian media report loud explosions in several locations as Israeli officials say war is 'not over'.
This is America: Jim Townsend says he is unsure whether the US would send troops if a NATO ally were attacked.
US attacks kill at least one person in the city of Iranshahr and cause widespread power outages in Chabahar.
The US launches new strikes on Iran despite a promise by US President Donald Trump to pause attacks.
The US Central Command says the strikes are intended to impose "heavy costs" on Iran.
US strikes in Iran come a day after Qatari, Saudi tankers hit in attacks in Strait of Hormuz.
The US military has established a robust footprint of US forces in and around Venezuela to support relief operations, with more than 900 personnel inside the country and another roughly 800 in Caribbean hubs Puerto Rico and Curacao, according to the top US general for Latin America. General Francis Donovan, the commander of US Southern Command, said US forces had participated in search-and-rescue operations, helped get the airport up and running and mobilised air and naval assets to allow for...