Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
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The United States and Iran have intensified attacks on each other's shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the most significant wave of tit-for-tat collisions since the six-month-old conflict began. Iran claimed it had sunk ten vessels near the strategic waterway, while the U.S. announced the destruction of five Iranian oil tankers overnight.
The confrontations sent oil prices soaring, with the Brent crude benchmark exceeding $100 per barrel for the first time since July. In the United States, the average retail price of diesel fuel surged above $5.94 a gallon, representing a fresh all-time high. Iran also reported firing ballistic missiles at a base used by U.S. forces in Jordan, as well as attacking oil tankers attempting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
The attacks have shattered a month of relative calm and escalated tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen, another theater of war threatening global energy supplies.
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