By CUI HAIPEI in Dubai, UAE, and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong |
China Daily |
File Photo: This screen grab taken from video footage shared by the US Central Command on social media platform X and made available via AFPTV on July 13, 2026 purportedly shows US strikes against Iranian military installations. [Photo/Agencies]
The United States said on Wednesday it had begun a new wave of strikes against Iran after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, as the latest cycle of fighting stretched into its fifth day.
The fragile ceasefire between the two countries is collapsing amid days of reciprocal strikes, with both sides locked in a bitter contest for control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
