US escalates Iran strikes as Strait of Hormuz conflict deepens, oil prices surge

At least 46 Iranians killed and over 400 wounded in recent US strikes; 14 US service members killed and 427 wounded since war began; Iranian missile attacks wounded a child in Qatar and killed at least nine in Iraqi Kurdish region.

For seven consecutive nights, American warplanes have struck Iranian soil while Iran has answered with missiles aimed at its neighbors, deepening a four-month conflict that began in late February and has since narrowed into a struggle over the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's oil moves. The closure of that waterway has given Tehran uncommon leverage while pushing oil above eighty-six dollars a barrel, and the collapse of an interim ceasefire has left both sides locked in a cycle of retaliation with no diplomatic horizon in sight. What began as a broade

US escalates Iran strikes as Strait of Hormuz conflict deepens, oil prices surge

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