US destroys five Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship
- The US says it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers on September 8 after missile attacks on a US Navy warship.
- US Central Command says Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted the warship with ballistic missiles twice over two days.
- The US says the warship evaded the attacks and that tanker crews were ordered to abandon the vessels before they were struck.
- The strikes mark another escalation in the six-month US-Iran conflict, with tensions rising around regional shipping and oil supplies.
Source: news18.com
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