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US strikes Iranian Revolutionary Guard targets as regional oil shipping risks rise
The weeklong escalation comes after a hoped-for interim deal to end the Iran war collapsed, and the conflict now involves attacks on critical infrastructure in both countries and Kuwait.
The US military launched air strikes on Sunday targeting Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, in retaliation for the killing of American troops in Jordan, according to reporting by SCMP Economy citing the Associated Press.
The strikes are part of a weeklong campaign that has included US attacks on bridges, electrical facilities, and other targets in Iran, while Iran retaliated by hitting power and desalination plants in Kuwait, threatening daily life in the small, oil-rich country, SCMP Economy reports.
The US Central Command said it targeted Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites, and for the first time it specifically targeted the Guard, a key power base that controls Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, SCMP Economy reported.
SCMP Economy said the conflict is now in its eighth day as the nations contend over control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded passes in peacetime, raising wider economic stakes; Iran has not provided information on material losses and the United Arab Emirates issued an overnight warning.
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