The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing five people and wounding dozens, local officials said.<\/p>\n
U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday evening that it had completed the latest barrage against Iranian military targets including air defense sites, radar systems and maritime assets.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Bahrain, which hosts an important U.S. naval base, said its air defense systems intercepted incoming fire from Iran, accusing Iran of \u201cattacks targeting civilians\u201d in a statement issued by its military.<\/p>\n
The renewed violence threatens to fully reignite a conflict that is now in its seventh month and has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled the global economy and is posing increasing political problems for Trump\u2019s Republican party ahead of November midterm elections.<\/p>\n
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Iran fires on Gulf neighbors after US military strikes Iranian military targets \u2014 2:50 a.m.<\/p>\n
By the Associated Press<\/p>\n
Bahrain intercepted an Iranian aerial attack early Wednesday, as Tehran continued to fire on allies of the United States in the Gulf region despite threats from President Donald Trump to escalate American military attacks.<\/p>\n
Bahrain, which hosts an important U.S. naval base, said its air defense systems intercepted incoming fire from Iran, accusing Iran of \u201cattacks targeting civilians\u201d in a statement issued by its military.<\/p>\n
After a respite of more than a month, fighting between the U.S. and Iran has been increasing since the weekend after the American military hit Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran retaliated by firing missiles at American bases in Jordan, which were all intercepted.<\/p>\n
The renewed violence threatens to fully reignite a conflict that is now in its seventh month and has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled the global economy and is posing increasing political problems for Trump\u2019s Republican party ahead of November midterm elections.<\/p>\n
By the Associated Press<\/p>\n
Cao has been serving as acting Navy secretary since John Phelan left the job in late April.<\/p>\n
A Trump loyalist, Cao is a 25-year Navy combat veteran who ran unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate and House in Virginia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pleased to nominate a true WARRIOR,\u201d Trump wrote on social media, prodding the Senate \u201cto confirm this Warfighter, ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cao\u2019s nomination comes amid concerns that Trump has been stretching the limits of aircraft carriers as the U.S. fights Iran and engages in other conflicts.<\/p>\n
Cao attended a tense town hall last month for families of troops aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, a carrier whose extended deployment raised mental health concerns among sailors.<\/p>\n
US military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran\u2019s retaliation \u2014 12:00 a.m.<\/p>\n
By the Associated Press<\/p>\n
The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing five people and wounding dozens, local officials said.<\/p>\n
U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday evening that it had completed the latest barrage against Iranian military targets including air defense sites, radar systems and maritime assets.<\/p>\n
The U.S. strikes followed others on Sunday that abruptly ended a month without military action and threatened to fully reignite a conflict that has spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans in November\u2019s midterm congressional elections.<\/p>\n
Late Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not force Iran to the bargaining table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[19466,461,147,39951,23083,9418,34,5155,42278,1737,5914,74972,256],"class_list":["post-274495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-arts","tag-culture","tag-economy","tag-federal","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-iran","tag-money","tag-movies","tag-north-america","tag-production","tag-tax-credit","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117200435377176195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}