“We’ve reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection,” Cooper says
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to just three vessels Wednesday, down from a 10-day average of about 18.
U.S. forces stopped an Iranian attempt to steal an American surface drone patrolling waters in the Middle East.
The U.S. military destroyed two Iranian small boats Monday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tried to steal a Navy drone patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: The unusual incident shows how efforts to restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continues direct confrontation with Iran . - The U.S. military initially didn't disclose the strike, and Iranian media presented it as a drone strike on "fishing boats." Driving the news: According to Iranian media , two fishing boats were struck Monday off the coast of the port city of Kargan and near Larak Island in Hormozgan province. - Ahmad Nafisi, the province's deputy governor for security affairs, attributed the strike to the U.S.…
The U.S. military destroyed two Iranian small boats Monday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tried to steal a Navy drone patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: The unusual incident shows how efforts to restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continues direct confrontation with Iran . - The U.S. military initially didn't disclose the strike, and Iranian media presented it as a drone strike on "fishing boats." Driving the news: According to Iranian media , two fishing boats were struck Monday off the coast of the port city of Kargan and near Larak Island in Hormozgan province. - Ahmad Nafisi, the province's deputy governor for security affairs, attributed the strike to the U.S.…Open
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Tuesday it destroyed five Iranian crude oil vessels in retaliation for targeting a U.S. Navy warship, but notably, four of the ships appear to have been sailing under the flags of random African and small island nations. “Iran has used the tankers as part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that […]
The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. CENTCOM posted on X: "No U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed. Meanwhile, U.S. forces have successfully destroyed 10 Iranian tankers in just the last week. These vessels were part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC, and Iran cannot defend them."
Iran's revolutionary guard is claiming it fired ballistic missiles at a US military base in Jordan and attacked 10 ships. The strikes coming after the US said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers as the war continues to escalate. Meanwhile the US says that the Iranian attacks were intercepted and no one was injured.
Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published September 9, 2026 The United States has dramatically escalated its campaign against Iran’s oil network after U.S. Central Command said American forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil [...]
“Iran continues to try to hit U.S. naval ships, and for every time they do that or try to do that, they’re going to lose tankers,” Rubio told reporters. Source
The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on Tuesday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days." That warship successfully evaded the attempted attacks and continued to patrol regional waters, according to U.S. Central Command. No American personnel were harmed. LiveNOW's Austin Westfall has more.