An Iranian girl walks previous an anti-US banner in Tehran on July 19, 2026.
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AMMAN, Jordan – The U.S. navy carried out a wave of airstrikes in Iran over the weekend because it introduced {that a} third U.S. service member had been killed in navy operations since Friday.
The U.S. assaults had been the ninth consecutive day of bombing since peace talks between the 2 international locations collapsed in dispute over a memorandum of understanding targeted on the Strait of Hormuz – the important thing oil delivery waterway.
U.S. Central Command stated a service member was killed throughout a managed detonation of an Iranian drone within the Kurdistan Area of Iraq. It additionally stated that it had recovered unidentified stays at a base in Jordan the place two navy personnel had been killed in an Iranian strike Friday. It stated it was nonetheless making an attempt to find out the identification of the deceased and didn’t say whether or not the stays had been these of a service member.
President Trump stated the waves of strikes had been ‘in honor’ of the lifeless service members. “We hit them very onerous once more tonight,” he advised reporters after touchdown in Maryland from an look on the World Cup remaining.
The U.S. says the weekend deaths make 17 navy personnel now killed within the battle with Iran. Iran says no less than 3,000 Iranians, a lot of them civilians, have been killed for the reason that U.S. and Israel started the conflict in opposition to Iran on Feb. 28. The lifeless embrace 168 youngsters and 14 adults killed in a strike on a ladies’s college. The U.S. navy says it nonetheless has not performed a full evaluate of that assault.
A person walks previous a mural displaying a refrence to an Iranian epic in Tehran on July 19, 2026.
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Iran stored up its assaults Monday in retaliation for the U.S. strikes that focused bridges and electrical infrastructure in a southern Iranian province alongside the Strait of Hormuz. Iran had stated it could reply in form and on the weekend focused electrical energy installations and water desalination crops in Kuwait, which hosts a big U.S. navy presence.
It additionally focused Bahrain, dwelling of the U.S. Navy’s fifth Fleet.
Iran stated U.S. missiles had struck a number of Iranian cities early Monday native time. It didn’t give particulars of casualties or harm.
On Monday, Iran stated it disabled two oil tankers that had tried to transit the Strait of Hormuz with out its permission. The British navy stated a ship was burning close to the Omani shoreline within the strait. It was not clear whether or not that vessel had been focused by Iran.
Oil costs continued to rise Monday, topping greater than $90 per barrel for benchmark crude.
In Jordan, Iran stated its missiles focused U.S. navy plane on the worldwide airport within the resort metropolis of Aqaba. Iran claimed the assaults broken U.S. transport and command and management plane. There was no affirmation of the declare.
The U.S. Embassy on Sunday warned People to keep away from the Aqaba airport and sea port resulting from threats. Jordan denied there have been threats in opposition to the installations, however Iranian missiles struck shortly after. The small and susceptible kingdom hosts a big however low-profile U.S. navy presence.
The U.S. has been transferring extra air protection property inside Jordanian bases for the reason that conflict in Iran started, based on navy specialists. Jordan’s inhabitants is strongly against supporting Israel resulting from its actions in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution and most Jordanians by no means see U.S. navy personnel working in bases exterior the cities.
Aqaba’s airport was working once more on Monday.
