Tit-for-tat violence surges again in region, with tankers struck by the US in the Gulf of Oman, and reprisal attacks by Iran on a US base in Jordan

US forces destroyed three IRGC oil tankers after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two US warships, sparking Iranian retaliatory claims in Hormuz.

Revolutionary Guards launch retaliatory missile barrage at US base in Jordan, threaten ships in Kuwait and Bahrain; CENTCOM says submarine drone seized by Iran was 'defective'