US forces struck 5 Iranian tankers successful effect to Tehran doubly targeting an American warship implicit the past 2 days, US Central Command (Centcom) has said.
The US attacked lipid tankers linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) successful the Gulf of Oman, arsenic good arsenic a tanker adjacent Kharg Island, a large lipid terminal disconnected Iran's Gulf coast, Centcom said connected Tuesday night.
Iran retaliated by launching missiles astatine a US basal successful Jordan, though Jordan aboriginal said that it had changeable down 18 of the 20 missiles with its aerial defence systems.
Tit-for-tat strikes betwixt the 2 countries person escalated implicit the past week, much than six months aft the US and Israel launched attacks connected Iran.
Oil prices roseate successful aboriginal trading successful Asia. Benchmark Brent crude was up by 1.5% astatine $99.41 (£73.39) a barrel, portion US-traded lipid was 1.6% higher astatine $94.55.
According to Centcom, Iran targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles, which the US "successfully evaded". No American troops were harmed, it said.
Following the US retaliatory attack, Tehran besides warned of further strikes connected US ships successful Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports.
The IRGC Navy Command warned each lipid tanker crews adjacent Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports linked to the US to "immediately permission their vessels whether astatine anchor oregon astatine the ports due to the fact that they volition beryllium targeted".
Two of the missiles fired by Iran towards Jordan fell successful unpopulated areas, an authoritative spokesperson for the Jordanian Armed Forces said.
Centcom has claimed that the 5 Iranian lipid tankers it targeted were "part of a multi-billion-dollar shadiness web that funds the IRGC and its determination proxies".
Kharg Island - wherever 1 Iranian tanker was attacked successful the latest circular of strikes - hosts Iran's main terminal for exporting oil.
Some 90% of the country's crude lipid comes done the island, transported done pipes from the mainland.
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