US strike sinks Iranian tanker, sparking retaliatory missile barrage at Jordan
The US military struck five Iranian tankers on Tuesday, sinking one, after Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US Navy warship, in a fresh escalation of fighting in the Middle East.
The US strikes were in response to two Iranian attempts to attack a US Navy ship over the past two days.” The exchange of strikes comes as the US has focused its strategy on ramping up economic pressure on the Tehran regime, by prioritizing striking or disabling targets around the Strait of Hormuz, conducting escort operations for commercial vessels through the key waterway and maintaining its naval blockade on Iranian ports.
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