Iran Hits U.S. Bases Across 3 States as Houthis Torch 2 Saudi Tankers
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Updated · OilPrice.com · Jul 24
Iran Hits U.S. Bases Across 3 States as Houthis Torch 2 Saudi Tankers
3 articles · Updated · OilPrice.com · Jul 24
Summary
Iran struck U.S. radar, communications, air-defense and aviation assets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan after 12 straight nights of U.S. attacks, expanding the conflict across key American military hubs.
U.S. personnel have now been killed in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, with facilities tied to the Fifth Fleet, Camp Arifjan, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Muwaffaq Salti Air Base among the targets.
Two Saudi tankers — Encelia and Layla — were set ablaze in the Red Sea after Yemen's Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi-linked shipping through Bab el-Mandeb.
That attack threatens Riyadh's workaround to Iran's grip on Hormuz: millions of barrels a day moved by East-West pipeline to Yanbu still must pass through Bab el-Mandeb to reach markets.
Washington is responding with a wider bombing campaign and a restored naval blockade as Iran pressures both of the Middle East's main oil-export corridors.