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US launches further strikes on Iran; Houthis threaten Saudi shipping blockade – Middle East crisis live
US says latest attack aimed at further degrading Iranian military capabilities; Yemen militant group threatens traffic moving through Bab el-Mandeb strait US launches 10th round of strikes as Iran says it is in ‘full-scale war’ The price of oil jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after the US carried out its latest wave of strikes on Iran and a vessel caught fire in the strait of Hormuz. Brent crud e for September delivery rose 2.72% to $90.50 a barrel by around 0100 GMT, after briefly crossing $91 – its highest price since June. CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Comma
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US says latest attack aimed at further degrading Iranian military capabilities; Yemen militant group threatens traffic moving through Bab el-Mandeb strait US launches 10th round of strikes as Iran says it is in ‘full-scale war’ The price of oil jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after the US carried out its latest wave of strikes on Iran and a vessel caught fire in the strait of Hormuz. Brent crud e for September delivery rose 2.72% to $90.50 a barrel by around 0100 GMT, after briefly crossing $91 – its highest price since June. CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Comma
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According to The Guardian’s linked report, US launches further strikes on Iran; Houthis threaten Saudi shipping blockade – Middle East crisis live, US says latest attack aimed at further degrading Iranian military capabilities; Yemen militant group threatens traffic moving through Bab el-Mandeb strait US launches 10th round of strikes as Iran says it is in ‘full-scale war’ The price of oil jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after the US carried out its latest wave of strikes on Iran and a vessel caught fire in the strait of Hormuz. Brent crud e for September delivery rose 2.72% to $90.50 a barrel by around 0100 GMT, after briefly crossing $91 – its highest price since June. CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Comma
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