US Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Iran After Jordan Base Attack

The United States military launched "powerful" strikes on Iran on Thursday, in retaliation for Tehran's attacks targeting US bases in Jordan as the Middle East war reignited and again drew in the Islamic republic's proxies. 

The first strikes after a nearly week-long lull in fighting dashed hopes of a return to negotiations. "The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday's attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East", US Central Command



said.

Saudi Arabia and the United States also announced strikes Wednesday on militant bases in Iraq, while US ally Israel accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of a truce violation. For two days, the world's biggest oil exporter Saudi Arabia has reported drone attacks targeting crude facilities that it blamed on Iraqi armed groups allied with Tehran. 

Iran meanwhile launched missiles at US ally Jordan, with Iranian state media later reporting an American attack near the Islamic republic's border with Iraq.