US launches retaliatory strikes on 3 Iranian oil carriers in response to attacks against Navy warships 

The U.S. military has carried out strikes targeting Iranian crude oil carriers in retaliation for what it describes as unprovoked attacks on two American Navy warships. The operation, led by U.S. Central Command, aimed to disable vessels linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with strikes conducted near Kharg Island and in the Gulf. The move marks a direct escalation in tensions between the two nations, raising concerns over potential further conflict in the region. Details on the nature of the Iranian attacks and the full extent of the U.S. response remain under review.

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) on Saturday conducted strikes on several Iranian crude oil carriers in response to “multiple unprovoked” Iranian attacks on two U.S. Navy warships, according to the military command.  The U.S. military “permanently disabled” three of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) crude oil carriers located near Kharg Island and in the Gulf...