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US Targets Iranian Port With One-Way Attack Drones

The United States used one-way attack sea drones in combat for the first time to strike the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, the US military said on Monday.

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Trump Says US ‘Taking Over’ the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Monday the United States was "taking over" the Strait of Hormuz as fighting over the strategic waterway threatened to derail efforts to permanently end the war in the Middle East.

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US Hit Around 140 Iranian Military Targets in Latest Strikes: CENTCOM

The US military said Saturday it hit at least 140 targets in Iran in retaliation for an Iranian attack on another commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Oman Condemns Iranian Attack on Its Territory

The Omani government lambasted on Sunday an attack on its territory, state media announced, with Iran's Guards saying they targeted it during a barrage aimed at countries across the Gulf.

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Projectiles Hit Iran’s Gulf Island of Qeshm: State Media

More than 10 projectiles struck Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, state media reported, as hostilities resumed between Tehran and Washington.

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Iran Strikes Gulf Neighbors After New US Attacks

Tehran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbors, in retaliation for new US strikes following an attack by Iranian forces on a merchant vessel that was abandoned in flames by its crew.

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Mediators Try to Salvage Diplomacy After US-Iran Strikes

Mediators were trying to salvage diplomacy aimed at ending the Middle East war after US President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire over, with a Qatari delegation in Iran and Tehran's top diplomat travelling to Oman.

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Iran’s Tehran-Mashhad Railway Suspended After US Strikes: State TV

The train service between Tehran and Mashhad has been suspended after US strikes, state TV reported, hours before late supreme leader Ali Khamenei was due to be buried in the eastern Iranian holy city.

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Trump Says Iran Ceasefire ‘Over’ After Fighting Flares

US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was "over" Wednesday but left the door open to more talks, after fighting flared sparked by Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz.

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US, Iran Trade Strikes in New Threat to Ceasefire

The United States launched extensive strikes on Iran over attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz, triggering a wave of reprisals that Iran's Guards said targeted US bases in the Gulf.

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