US strikes bridges around Iran's port of Bandar Abbas on sixth night
US forces struck at least six bridges around Iran's main Gulf port of Bandar Abbas on a sixth consecutive night, according to NBC News and Al Jazeera. Iran's state news agency IRNA reported at least eight people killed and twenty wounded. The port sits on the Strait of Hormuz, a
US forces struck at least six bridges on the roads linking Iran's main Gulf port of Bandar Abbas to the rest of the country during a sixth consecutive night of strikes, including one bridge still under construction, according to NBC News. The campaign appeared aimed at isolating the port, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's state news agency IRNA reported at least eight people killed and twenty wounded in the latest strikes. Before the conflict, the strait carried around a quarter of the world's seaborne oil trade and about a fifth of shipped natural gas, according to Al Jazeera. US Central Command says it reinstated a naval blockade of the strait, and Brent crude prices have climbed. Source: NBC News, Al Jazeera, CNN.