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U.S. Strikes Iran Over Attack on Hormuz Ship
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- Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at renewed clashes over the Strait of Hormuz, Venezuela’s rising death toll, and a plane crashing into one of China’s tallest buildings.
- U.S. forces launched strikes against Iran on Friday in retaliation for recent Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
- “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire,” U.S.
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at renewed clashes over the Strait of Hormuz, Venezuela’s rising death toll, and a plane crashing into one of China’s tallest buildings.
U.S. forces launched strikes against Iran on Friday in retaliation for recent Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. operation specifically referenced an Iranian drone strike on the Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged container ship, off the coast of Oman on Thursday.
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at renewed clashes over the Strait of Hormuz, Venezuela’s rising death toll, and a plane crashing into one of China’s tallest buildings.
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