By Cui Haipei in Dubai, UAE and Jan Yumulin Hong Kong |
China Daily |
An overturned car sits on a section of a destroyed bridge after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. AP Photo/Mahdi Negahban
Iran remained defiant and retaliated against US assets across the Middle East as the United States launched airstrikes for an eighth consecutive night under an expanded military campaign.
The renewed spate of violence stems from the two sides' scramble for control of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian Gulf choke point that carries one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments during peacetime.
