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President Trump said in a Truth Social post that he directed U.S. Central Command to execute a bombing raid that "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island.
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The strikes destroyed more than 90 military targets, including missile facilities, but preserved oil infrastructure, U.S. central command said Saturday.
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The crew members had been part of the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran, bringing the death toll of American service members in the conflict to at least 13.
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The islands off Iran have become the latest focus of the war after a U.S strike destroyed military sites on Kharg Island. The string of islands are critical to Iran's oil industry and its national security.
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The strike destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites, the U.S. military said in a post on X.
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President Trump said on Friday the U.S. military had "totally obliterated" military targets in Kharg Island, home to the primary terminal that handles Iran's oil exports. This as all six crew members on a refueling plane that went down in western Iraq were confirmed dead.
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President Donald Trump said late Friday that U.S. forces "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island, a critical hub of Iran's oil Gulf operations, with the country responding by threatening to strike U.S. allies' oil facilities if its infrastructure is damaged."Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Isla
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Since the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran began, Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones in retaliation at Gulf countries. Iranian officials say that they are attacking U.S. military bases and American interests in the Gulf countries, not civilian targets. Our reporter Vivian Nereim talks with Katrin Bennhold about how migrant workers have been affected.
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At least 25 people were killed and 183 others injured in ongoing clashes across Sudan, the Sudanese Central Medical Committee told CNN on Saturday.
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