US and Iran Escalate Military Tensions with Airstrikes and Counterattacks

Washington. Military tension between the United States and Iran is further escalating. The US military has stated that it carried out airstrikes on Iran for the eighth consecutive night, while Iran claims to have launched retaliatory attacks targeting US military bases in Kuwait.

According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the objective of the latest airstrikes was to weaken Iran's capability to threaten international commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and to retaliate for recent attacks on US forces.