U.S. forces struck targets across southern and western Iran Tuesday after President Donald Trump vowed retaliation for the deaths of American troops, while Tehran hit U.S. bases in the Gulf and a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis announced a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia Monday, opening a potential new front in the war and raising the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.
Shipping companies loading or discharging cargo at Saudi ports could be targeted "in any location" by Houthis, according to an email sent to companies Monday, Reuters reported.
Oil prices gained nearly 2% on the escalating cycle of attacks that has all but wrecked an interim peace agreement signed last month. But signs that Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy helped to limit price rises.
U.S. Central Command said it had hit Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and air defense systems in its latest round of strikes.
