6:58 a.m. – Iranian strikes on US military targets in Kuwait
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck American military targets at a base in Kuwait, according to the official IRNA agency.
Tehran’s Ideological Army claims its forces “completely destroyed a US early warning radar system in a drone strike.” In a separate attack, they struck an aviation equipment and parts depot and an MQ-9 drone hangar at Ali Al-Salem air base, setting several drones on fire,” in a statement released by Irna.
6:51 a.m. – Ship on fire in the Strait of Hormuz
A ship is on fire Monday morning in the Strait of Hormuz, announced the British maritime safety agency UKMTO, without specifying the cause of the fire.
“The UKMTO has been informed by military authorities that a vessel is on fire. The cause of this fire has not been verified at the moment,” the agency wrote on X. It specified that the incident occurred 8 nautical miles (about 15 km) northwest of Kumzar (Oman).
6:30 a.m. – The barrel of Brent exceeds 90 dollars, highest since June
Oil prices rise on Monday at the opening of the Asian session, driven by the intensification of the conflict in the Middle East, with the announcement of American strikes on Iran for the 9th consecutive night and a ship on fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
The night’s news
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday they had targeted US military planes at Aqaba airport in Jordan, “causing serious damage to several of them”, according to Iranian state television. They added that they had arrested two oil tankers who were trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz in an “unauthorized” manner by Tehran, according to Iranian state television and the Tasnim agency.
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The American army announced on the night of Sunday to Monday that it had completed its ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, during which it attacked, among other things, command centers and communications networks.
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The head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, on Sunday urged the international community to put pressure on Iran alongside the United States to “protect global maritime transport” in the Strait of Hormuz.
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday evening that the United States was hitting Iran “very hard” to avenge American soldiers killed in recent days in the Middle East.
