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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Middle East remains on edge on Wednesday as the United States and Iran trade fresh attacks overnight strikes. The US launched strikes on Iranian targets, describing them as a response to Tehran\u2019s attempt to target a US warship with ballistic missiles, and Iran hit back by attacking 20 vessels, including two American ships.Click here for live updates<\/a>Iran, meanwhile, fired a barrage of missiles at US military positions in Jordan in direct retaliation for attacks on Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and the port of Jask.However, Jordan said it successfully intercepted 18 of the 20 missiles launched by Iran.Here are the latest developments:<\/p>\n US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, struck and destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers on Tuesday, following attacks targeting a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles over the past two days.Four of the vessels were struck in the Gulf of Oman and were identified by CENTCOM as M\/T Kaviz, M\/T Charminar, M\/T Horizon 1 and M\/T Riesco. The fifth tanker was hit near the oil-rich Kharg Island.According to the US military, its forces ordered the crews to abandon the vessels before carrying out the strikes, rendering the tankers inoperable. No American personnel were injured in the operations.Iranian media later reported that the IRGC Navy retaliated by attacking 20 vessels, including two US ships. Ten of the vessels, including the two US ships, were reportedly targeted in the Persian Gulf, while the other 10 were struck near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Iran launched a barrage of missiles at the US air base of Al-Azraq in Jordan in what it called a “direct retaliation” for attacks on Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and the port of Jask.According to IRIB, the initial US attack targeted an Iranian oil tanker near the Kharg Island anchorage, prompting the safe evacuation of its crew. Moments later, US forces reportedly carried out a second strike on a commercial vessel in the coastal waters off Jask County. Another explosion of unidentified origin was also reported in the area.Amid the escalating hostilities, the Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy issued an urgent evacuation warning.The IRGC later vowed to retaliate by targeting oil tankers near ports in Bahrain and Kuwait.<\/p>\n The IRGC Navy on Tuesday claimed that it had captured a US unmanned submersible near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz during what it described as a “complex intelligence” and operational operation.Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported that IRGC Navy forces \u201ctrapped one of the most modern, intelligent, unmanned submarines\u201d operated by the US military in the early hours of Tuesday.The submersible was reportedly equipped with advanced underwater technology and had been delivered to the US fleet in 2025.Iran\u2019s state news agency IRNA described the vessel as being equipped with some of the world\u2019s most advanced underwater technology and called it a \u201cwar trophy\u201d.IRNA also reported that photographs of the captured submersible were expected to be released in the coming hours.The United States has yet to publicly comment on the IRGC Navy\u2019s claim.Separately, a US Central Command official confirmed that an American underwater drone had \u201cmalfunctioned and gone missing a day ago\u201d and was no longer in the command\u2019s possession.CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said the Anduril Dive-LD drone went missing while conducting a survey mission in the region.Hawkins said the vessel was an older, defective model that \u201cneither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment\u201d.\u201cIt was also in a commercially available configuration, so we aren’t concerned,\u201d Hawkins added.<\/p>\n The Trump administration on Tuesday (local time) imposed fresh sanctions on Iran\u2019s aviation sector, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers in a renewed effort to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners.The measures are part of the administration\u2019s \u201cOperation Economic Outcast\u201d campaign, aimed at cutting off what it described as \u201ccritical financial lifelines\u201d to Iran\u2019s already heavily sanctioned government. The latest sanctions target remaining parts of Tehran\u2019s beleaguered aviation network, which has faced years of restrictions from Washington.\u201cLet this be a warning to anyone doing business with Iran\u2019s remaining airlines, all of which we sanctioned today: You are at risk of being cut off from the global financial system,\u201d a statement quoted treasury secretary Scott Bessent as saying.The administration accused the 36 entities targeted in the latest round of sanctions of supporting Iran\u2019s efforts to use its aviation sector to transport weapons, personnel and illicit cargo.It also alleged that private companies in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Malaysia provided parts and logistical support to Mahan Air. The airline has been under US counterterrorism sanctions since 2019 over its alleged support for Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which the State Department has designated a foreign terrorist organisation.(With agency inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n US, Iran exchange fresh strikes in Middle East The Middle East remains on edge on Wednesday as the United States and Iran trade fresh attacks overnight strikes. 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Iran targets US Al-Azraq air base in Jordan<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Iranian Navy claims US submarine capture<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran, targets aviation industry<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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