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US carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island on the eve of the midterm elections, US officials say

Photo: NASA, public domain (file image: satellite view of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz) / Source: Wikimedia Commons

NEW World · 06:37

US carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island on the eve of the midterm elections, US officials say

The United States carried out limited "defensive" strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz, late on Monday 2 November, several US officials told American media. Iranian state media reported a series of explosions on the island. Washington has not issued a public statement, and the officials stressed that the operation does not mark a return to major combat.

Source: AP; The Wall Street Journal; ABC News; BBC News; Al Jazeera; IRNA

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say four oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz

Photo: U.S. Navy / Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero, public domain (file image: a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, 2004) / Source: Wikimedia Commons

NEW World · 06:38

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say four oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Friday that four oil tankers exploded and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after using what Tehran calls unauthorised routes, including a tanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude. The claims could not be independently verified, but the UK maritime agency UKMTO reported separate incidents in which tankers were hit by unknown projectiles and explosive devices.

Source: Reuters; AP; UKMTO; CNA; Al Jazeera