U.S. and Saudi Forces Resume Strikes After Iran Ends Ceasefire
U. S. Central Command said the United States carried out a two-hour wave of airstrikes on Iranian Revolutionary Guard sites after Jordan's military reported shooting down five Iranian missiles aimed at the kingdom, marking the end of a brief cease-fire. The escalation followed a series of U. S. raids that began weeks earlier, when President Donald Trump announced the reinstatement of a naval blockade of Iranian ports and a 20 % toll on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Over successive nights U. S. forces struck dozens of Iranian military facilities, while Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on Gulf states and temporarily closed the strait. Iran's Revolutionary Guard also claimed hits on U. S. facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan during the back-and-forth fighting.