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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell and agencies

US and Iran exchange more airstrikes, fuelling fears of wider return to hostilities

A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels
A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on 5 August 2026. Photograph: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP

The US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, prompting counter strikes by Tehran targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, and fuelling concerns about a ⁠wider renewal of hostilities.

The US Marine Corps base Camp Titin in Jordan was targeted for an “intense ballistic missile attack”, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said early on Wednesday, according to Iranian news outlet Tasnim.

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