Jordan’s air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early Wednesday, hours after the US military said it had knocked down an Iranian missile barrage launched against American forces in the Middle East.
US and Saudi Arabia Launch Strikes
The US Central Command said its forces worked with Saudi Arabia’s forces to strike sites in Iraq that Tehran-backed militias have used to launch attacks in recent days. The strikes were in response to over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the last 72 hours.
The Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of primarily Shiite, Iran-backed armed groups, said at least 20 fighters were killed and 32 others wounded in the overnight strikes on its sites in several parts of Iraq.
Iran’s Response
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that the Revolutionary Guard’s Navy claimed it had struck and stopped three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The report did not identify the tankers or the flags they were sailing under.
The United States and Iran had experienced a period of calm, during which neither announced attacks for about three days following weeks of escalation over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Original reporting: Richardson, TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
