@netwatchglobal1: 31//JULY//2026 | BREAKING: Iran says it hit and halted two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, claiming the vessels were moving under U.S. military aerial escort. Four other tankers reversed course rather than continue through the strait, the Iran's military said it launched drone raids on Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait, targeting fighter aircraft shelters, satellite communications systems, and equipment storage. Kuwait's defense ministry confirmed detecting hostile drones since dawn and said all were intercepted and destroyed, with only minor damage from falling debris and no casualties. Tehran framed the Kuwait raid as retaliation for a U.S. attack on Qeshm Island that reportedly left three members of one family dead Thursday. Iran also received the bodies of five Revolutionary Guard members this week, casualties of joint U.S.-Saudi raids on Iran-backed fighters in Iraq that reportedly left at least twenty dead. CENTCOM said it had redirected twenty four commercial vessels since restarting its blockade of Iranian ports earlier this month, up from twenty the day before. The Strait of Hormuz normally carries about a fifth of the world's oil shipments and has stayed effectively shut since the fighting began on February 28, rattling energy markets for five straight months. Tehran has repeatedly declared itself the sole authority over the waterway since an earlier ceasefire collapsed, rejecting U.S. claims that international shipping lanes remain open. Washington has kept up hits on Iran's southern coastal provinces to loosen Tehran's grip on the waterway, while Iran keeps answering with tanker raids, drone attacks, and missile fire across the wider Gulf region. In Washington, the U.S. Senate on Thursday again rejected a push to limit President Trump's conflict powers, voting forty nine to fifty as the standoff stretches into its sixth month with no ceasefire in sight. Could a full closure of the Strait of Hormuz finally push global oil prices past their breaking point? #breakingnews #geopolitics #fyp #worldnews #iran

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Friday 31 July 2026 13:42:01 GMT