US strikes on Iran reportedly hit airport and bridges – Middle East crisis live
Photograph: Social media/ReutersMeanwhile, American forces boarded a ship, the M/T Wen Yao, in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday to ensure “full compliance” with the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military’s Central Command (Centcom) said on X. A day before, US aircraft fired on and disabled an unladen oil tanker that tried to breach the blockade, it said.In other developments: Authorities in Qatar warned the public to take shelter as a barrage of Iranian missiles targeted the country on Friday, with explosions heard as air defences fired to intercept them. Iran earlier targeted Bahrain and Kuwait over the US airstrikes hitting Iranian bridges overnight.
- ▪Photograph: Social media/ReutersMeanwhile, American forces boarded a ship, the M/T Wen Yao, in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday to ensure “full compliance” with the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military’
- ▪A day before, US aircraft fired on and disabled an unladen oil tanker that tried to breach the blockade, it said.In other developments: Authorities in Qatar warned the public to take shelter as a barrage of Iranian missiles targeted the cou
- ▪Iran earlier targeted Bahrain and Kuwait over the US airstrikes hitting Iranian bridges overnight.
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03.33 EDTOpening summaryWelcome to our live coverage of the latest in the continuing Middle East crisis.US strikes on Iran overnight hit an airport, a railway station and two bridges, according to Iranian state media on Friday, while American forces boarded a ship as they enforced a renewed blockade of Iranian ports.Three blasts were heard around Iranshahr airport in the south-east and at least one US projectile hit. Bandar Abbas station in the southern port city was also targeted and an Iranian official report spoke of airstrikes on two bridges in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province that left seven people dead, according to state and semi-official media.The attacks came as the US and Iran exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has largely unravelled last…
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