US EditionThe Latest: US Hits Iran with Intense Strikes as Iranian Air Campaign Drives Oil Prices Higher
U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran amid regional attacks have driven crude oil prices above $100 per barrel, reflecting market concerns over prolonged supply disruptions.
- On Friday, oil prices surged back above $100 a barrel as American and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian attacks on Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure intensified the conflict.
- Hezbollah fired rocket salvos toward northern Israel while Israeli strikes reached new neighborhoods in Beirut, widening the conflict's geographic scope and driving massive displacement across the region.
- The Pentagon estimated the first week of war cost the United States $11.3 billion, while President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran's military has been "decimated" and leaders "wiped from the face of the earth."
- U.S. forces have suffered deaths during the fighting, and France confirmed Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion of the 7th Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins was killed in an attack on Irbil, Iraq.
- Intense strikes on Tehran and sustained air-defence activity across the Persian Gulf, including nearly 50 drones intercepted over Saudi airspace, signal prolonged disruption to regional energy infrastructure and shipping lanes.
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The Latest: US hits Iran with intense strikes as Iranian air campaign drives oil prices higher
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