{
  "id": 6375031,
  "title": "US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran launches retaliatory strikes on Jordan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-destroys-five-iranian-tankers-as-tehran-launches-retaliatory",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T03:02:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/09/us-destroys-five-iranian-tankers-as-tehran-launches-retaliatory-strikes-on-jordan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to Iran targeting a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles. According to the US Central Command, there was no American casualty when the US warship evaded the missiles launched twice by Iran over two days.\n\nIran retaliated with a ballistic missile attack on a US base near Al Azraq town in eastern Jordan. The Jordanian army reported shooting down 18 missiles from Iran targeting the kingdom.\n\nIranian-backed Houthis in Yemen also launched strikes on several Saudi cities, wounding 73 people and setting oil installations ablaze. RTE News reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington would continue to strike Iranian targets in response to Iranian attacks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "U.S. forces destroy 5 Iranian oil tankers, CENTCOM says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/u-s-forces-destroy-5-iranian-oil-tankers-centcom-says",
        "published": "2026-09-08T23:31:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Jordan Armed Forces intercept 18 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting kingdom",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/jordan-armed-forces-intercept-18-iranian-ballistic-missiles-targeting",
        "published": "2026-09-09T00:45:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Jordanian air defences intercept Iranian missile barrage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/jordanian-air-defences-intercept-iranian-missile-barrage",
        "published": "2026-09-09T01:08:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}