The U.S. and Iran have launched new attacks in the Gulf as they wrestle for control over the Strait of Hormuz with competing maritime blockades, shaking a fragile truce.
The fresh volleys of missiles and drones came after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a new effort to get stranded tankers and other ships through the strait, the vital energy-trade chokepoint that has been virtually closed since the U.S. and Israel began attacks on Iran in February, a war that has killed thousands of people across the region.
Before Monday was out, several merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires, the U.S. said it had destroyed seven small Iranian military boats, and an oil port in the United Arab Emirates, which hosts a large U.S. military base, was set ablaze by Iranian missiles, Reuters said.
