The US has launched more strikes against Iran “to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command said Wednesday. The latest US strikes began hours after US President Donald Trump said that recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signalled the end of the fragile ceasefire. On Wednesday (July 8), Iran launched attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait over an earlier round of US airstrikes against Iran. President Trump said the latest strikes were carried out in retaliation for what he described as Iran’s bombing of ships a day earlier. “If it happens again, it will get much worse!” Trump wrote on social media.

The U.S. launched renewed strikes on Iran on Tuesday in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

United States forces launched new strikes on Wednesday against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump declared the provisional ceasefire with…

The US has launched more strikes against Iran “to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command said Wednesday. The…