The U.S. military carried out a 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran Thursday. President Trump threatened Iran and its Houthi allies in Yemen with "major military punishment" Thursday if the Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi vessels in the Red Sea, as the war expands to another part of the region.
There are signs the U.S. is preparing to ramp up military operations in the Middle East, including an increase in the number of refueling aircraft deployed to Israel, American B-1 bombers leaving U.K. bases, and dozens more medics being sent to a sprawling base in Germany.
The Pentagon continues insisting the Strait of Hormuz is open, but traffic through the vital waterway is at a crawl, helping push global oil prices back over $100 a barrel again Thursday for the first time in over two months. Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that Tehran would hold accountable any country assisting the United States in an attack on the Islamic republic. "Any participation, cooperation or assistance in committing aggression against Iran will create international responsibility for the relevant parties," Araghchi said at a foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan, adding that Iran "reserves its right to take all necessary measures within the framework of self-defense." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-f0430c79 link copied Iran's army said on Friday it carried out drone strikes against several American military facilities and bases in Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation for the latest U.S.
attacks against the Islamic republic . "This morning, the fuel tanks, large equipment warehouses and silos and the barracks of the U.S. terrorist army forces at the Isa Air Base in Bahrain were targeted by Arash kamikaze drones," the army said in a statement carried by state TV.
An AFP journalist in Bahrain reported an explosion and the sounding of warning sirens in the country on Friday morning, though it wasn't immediately clear if the two events were linked. The Iranian army also claimed drone attacks against Jordan that targeted "aircraft hangars, aviation maintenance hangars and a barracks" at Al-Azraq base. Tehran argues that any facility or base in the Middle East that the US military uses for strikes on Iran is considered a legitimate target for retaliation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-91ea3804 link copied An overnight U.S. attack on Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan killed at least four people and injured several others, Iranian state media reported Friday. "Following the missile attack by the terrorist U.S.
enemy on areas around the city of Ahvaz, four of our compatriots were martyred and five others were injured," Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of the province, was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-1b300823 link copied The U.S. military completed its 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran after about two hours, U.S.
Central Command said late Thursday . In a social media post accompanied by a video of airstrikes, CENTCOM said it targeted Iranian drone sites, command centers and other targets "to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-6ead6b06 link copied Iranian state media outlets reported military strikes in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The U.S.
military has not said which parts of Iran it is targeting in Thursday's strikes, but Bandar Abbas — which sits on the Strait of Hormuz — has been a frequent target. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-cd53e825 link copied The U.S. military's Central Command says it began carrying out a 13th consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Thursday.
It said on X it is aiming to "hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-66173ac1 link copied President Trump wrote on Truth Social that "any and all damages" to ships struck by Iran "will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls." Mr. Trump did not specify the exact source of money, but billions of dollars' worth of Iranian assets are currently frozen due to U.S. sanctions.
The two countries had previously discussed unfreezing those assets if Iran implements the terms of a deal with the United States. "These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do," the president wrote. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-06623f5c link copied The rapid pace at which the U.S.
is expending some of its most advanced air-defense interceptors and precision-guided weapons in the Middle East is a point of great tension inside the Trump administration as President Trump's war with Iran ratchets up again, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials familiar with internal assessments. And it's raising broader concerns about America's readiness for a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific.
The dwindling stockpiles of defensive interceptors and long-range missiles have become a pressure point for top military and civilian leaders who are weighing the demands of the war with Iran against maintaining readiness to deter other adversaries, including China. The U.S. officials, who spoke to CBS News on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the topic, said the U.S.
cannot sustain the rate at which it expended precision munitions early in the campaign against Iran. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-cffbbf13 link copied A border crossing between Kuwait and Iraq was targeted by drones, the Kuwaiti army said on X. "The Abdali border crossing was subjected, this evening, to repeated targeting by hostile drones," the army said, adding that the attack caused damage but no injuries.
The military later said it was intercepting Iranian drones and missiles. The Kuwaiti army did not specify the source of the threats to the border crossing, specifically, but Kuwait has come under repeated attack by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-red-sea-houthis/#post-update-551f238d link copied The U.S.
blockade has now redirected 12 vessels since it was put back in place nine days ago, an increase of three more ships since yesterday, according to U.S. Central Command . The blockade is preventing all ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports.
President Trump recently called the blockade a "steel wall." Republican Sen. John Kennedy said Thursday he believed boots on the ground would not be necessary due to pressure levied by the blockade. "I think that through the sanctions and particularly the blockade, we can achieve what we need to achieve," the Louisiana senator said.
He later added, "I really would be very grateful if we could get some support from other people who have a vested interest in seeing the Strait of Hormuz be open." Kennedy explained his confidence in the blockade, calling it "very effective." "There's nothing coming in and going out, and Iran, about at least half of Iran's wells are very old," he said. "They can't shut them down. But as they produce oil, if they can't sell that oil, they've got to store that oil someplace.
And I think very shortly, Iran will run out of storage, and at that point, they either have to let it run on the...
