The U.S. military launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets early Wednesday after three merchant ships were struck in the waters off Oman, pushing the Strait of Hormuz back onto center stage as NATO opened the second day of its summit in Turkey.
U.S. Central Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces launched the strikes “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”
