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The US military says it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers following Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile attacks on a US Navy warship.
In response, IRGC says its forces targeted two American vessels and eight oil tankers, along with 10 additional “violating ships” accused of attempting to pass a “prohibited and unsafe zone” in the Strait of Hormuz.
