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By Staff Reporter
- The US military says it has destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers following Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile attacks on a US Navy warship.
- In response, IRGC says its forces targeted two American vessels and eight oil tankers, alongside 10 additional “violating ships” accused of attempting to pass through a “prohibited and unsafe zone” of the strait, “incited and supported” by the US.
- The IRGC also said its forces attacked a base in Jordan hosting US troops.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Tehran that Washington will continue to strike Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attempted attacks on US warships
