Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed Wednesday it has full control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global energy shipments, as Israel carried out a new wave of strikes on Tehran.
In Lebanon, the Israeli military told residents south of the Litani River to move north, warning that the army was "compelled to take military action" against Hezbollah in the area.
Governments around the world scrambled to evacuate citizens stranded by the war in the Middle East, with Iran expanding a missile and drone barrage on the fifth day of a war that sent global shares sinking.
The war sparked by a U.S.-Israeli attack that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has seen Iran lash out with missile and drone strikes from Israel across the Gulf, and has also drawn in Tehran's proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Cities like Dubai and Riyadh, which have long taken pride in their safety from the tumult of the region, have been drawn in, with the growing chaos sparing few countries in Iran's vicinity.
