Hormuz attacks reach wartime high

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The US-Iran conflict has escalated with the highest number of attacks on shipping since late February. The US destroyed five Iranian oil tankers after missile strikes from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard targeted an American warship in the strategic Hormuz strait.

The US-Iran conflict has descended into an increasingly literal tanker war, with this week registering the largest wave of attacks on shipping since hostilities began on February 28. US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted an American warship with ballistic missiles. The strikes followed attacks on …