US launches ninth night of Iran strikes as strait of Hormuz standoff sees oil price pass $90 a barrel
From handout video footage released by US Central Command, as the US launches a ninth night of strikes on Iran amid continued exchanges of fire over use of the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: US Central Command (Centcom)/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenFrom handout video footage released by US Central Command, as the US launches a ninth night of strikes on Iran amid continued exchanges of fire over use of the strait of Hormuz. Since the war began, 17 US service members have been killed.As the strikes began early Monday, a ship caught fire in the strait of Hormuz near the coastline of Oman, the British military said.
- ▪From handout video footage released by US Central Command, as the US launches a ninth night of strikes on Iran amid continued exchanges of fire over use of the strait of Hormuz.
- ▪Photograph: US Central Command (Centcom)/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenFrom handout video footage released by US Central Command, as the US launches a ninth night of strikes on Iran amid continued exchanges of fire over use of the
- ▪Since the war began, 17 US service members have been killed.As the strikes began early Monday, a ship caught fire in the strait of Hormuz near the coastline of Oman, the British military said.
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From handout video footage released by US Central Command, as the US launches a ninth night of strikes on Iran amid continued exchanges of fire over use of the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: US Central Command (Centcom)/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenFrom handout video footage released by US Central Command, as the US launches a ninth night of strikes on Iran amid continued exchanges of fire over use of the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: US Central Command (Centcom)/AFP/Getty ImagesUS-Israel war on IranUS launches ninth night of Iran strikes as strait of Hormuz standoff sees oil price pass $90 a barrelAfter the US military confirmed that a service member had been killed in Iraq – the third in recent days – Donald Trump said the new attacks were ‘in honour’ of the dead Middle East…
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