4 articles tagged with “military escalation”
The US and Iran have intensified military strikes, with attacks reaching closer to Tehran and Iranian forces targeting Gulf sites, causing casualties and disrupting critical shipping routes.
The United States has carried out a series of military strikes against Iran, escalating hostilities after reimposing a naval blockade, reversing a recent diplomatic effort to end conflict.
President Donald Trump has abandoned a proposed 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, one day after announcing it, as the U.S. intensifies military pressure on Iran’s southern coast.
Retired General Mark Kimmitt cautions that renewed military activity in the Strait of Hormuz between the US and Iran could spiral into a broader regional conflict, as tensions escalate in the Gulf.