The US Army says it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to attacks on its warships over the past two days.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it attacked US forces at Jordan’s Al Azraq base in Jordan in response. Earlier, the IRGC warned crews of all tankers near Kuwaiti, Bahraini ports to evacuate their vessels. Aljazeera reported.
The United Kingdom says France and Canada will join it in banning goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. They are among 12 countries that said would support or consider curbs on trade in goods amid a spike in settler violence and expansion of settlements, considered illegal under international law.
Forces from Yemen’s internationally recognised government launch counterattacks against the Houthi rebels, with officials saying they aim to recapture the capital, Sanaa, from the Iran-aligned group. Follow live coverage here.
US Central Command has said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days.
At least eight Iranian missiles targeting a US base have been intercepted by Jordanian air defences over Amman and other cities across the kingdom.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Washington is resorting to “more sanctions” after failing to achieve its war aims.
Israel will close the British consulate in East Jerusalem, among several retaliatory measures in response to the UK’s sanctions on Israeli settlements.
