The US military carried out new strikes overnight in Iran targeting a military site that officials believed posed a threat to American forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The US military carried out new strikes overnight in Iran targeting a military site that officials believed posed a threat to American forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared all but deserted on Thursday as commercial operators remain wary of renewed military escalation. The U.S. military launched another defensive strike against Iran on Wednesday, shooting down four Iranian one-way attack drones and striking a ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone, a U.S. official told The Hill. Hours later, Iran said it had struck at a U.S. base.
Oil prices pulled back Thursday, erasing earlier gains on a report that U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached an agreement to extend ceasefire. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard targeted a US airbase on Thursday after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes on an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after US President Donald Trump rejected a report he was close to a compromise deal with Tehran.
Bloomberg reported the story as "Merchant Ships Desert Strait of Hormuz Amid Renewed US Strikes." The Independent reported the story as "US launches new strikes on Iran days after targeting missile sites and mine-laying boats, officials say." South China Morning Post reported the story as "Iran and US trade air strikes, testing negotiations to end war."
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9 sources have covered this story, including Bloomberg, The Hill, South China Morning Post and The Independent and 5 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 1 hour ago.
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 9 independent outlets across the spectrum.
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