US, Iran Trade Strikes over Strait of Hormuz; Kuwait Suffers Infrastructure Damage
Kuwait said a desalination plant fire and oil facility damage injured several people and knocked power units offline after Iranian strikes.
- On Saturday, the United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets, with Iranian missiles damaging a water desalination plant and oil facility in Kuwait, forcing power generation units offline.
- President Trump threatened strikes on Iranian power stations and bridges to force compliance as Iran insists the Strait of Hormuz must be under its sole control, while the United States reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports.
- Kuwait depends on desalination for 90 percent of its drinking water; Iranian authorities claim U.S. strikes killed at least 50 people, while the U.S. reports 14 service members killed and 427 wounded since the war began four months ago.
- Iraq intercepted attack drones over Irbil, while air sirens sounded in Bahrain and Jordan's air defense systems downed Iranian missiles, as The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned countries hosting U.S. forces face "corresponding response."
- Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a three-week low of just eight vessels on Thursday, driving oil prices above $86 a barrel, even as President Trump insisted in a Thursday address the war is going well.
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US, Iran trade strikes over Strait of Hormuz; Kuwait suffers infrastructure damage
Dubai, Jul 18: The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, an essential waterway that used to carry a fifth of the world's crude oil. The collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight for the war that the …
US and Iran trade strikes over Strait of Hormuz. Kuwait suffers infrastructure damage - Regional Media News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, an essential waterway that used to carry a fifth of the world's crude oil. The collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight f…
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