Iran retaliates against US allies after its oil tankers destroyed
The Middle East conflict escalated on Tuesday as Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen targeted multiple Saudi cities, escalating tensions between the U.S. ally and regional powers. The attacks, which left 73 people wounded and set fire to oil installations, marked a significant escalation in the six-month-long war. In response, the U.S. military's Central Command announced it had destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers, posting footage of the strikes aimed at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Iran would face consequences for any further attempts to target U.S. naval ships, vowing that every such attack would result in the loss of Iranian tankers. Iran retaliated by launching a ballistic missile strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, further intensifying the volatile situation in the region.
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