United States and Iran Escalate Military Strikes as Trump Authorizes Retaliatory Air Operations Near Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump authorized retaliatory airstrikes on targets in Iran’s Hormozgan province following the downing of a US Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to respond with missile and drone attacks against what it said were 21 US military sites across Jordan and Kuwait, sharply intensifying regional tensions around key Gulf shipping lanes.