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US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran takes aim at Jordan

US CENTCOM said crews were warned to abandon ship before its strikes after the IRGC fired missiles at a US Navy warship twice in two days. Tehran launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan and warned tankers near… Grouped from 7 articles across 5 sources.

7 reports5 sourcesSep 9, 2026, 9:11 AM
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EuronewsSep 9, 2026, 9:11 AM

US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran takes aim at Jordan

US CENTCOM said crews were warned to abandon ship before its strikes after the IRGC fired missiles at a US Navy warship twice in two days. Tehran launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan and warned tankers near Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate.

EuronewsSep 9, 2026, 3:02 AM

US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran launches retaliatory strikes on Jordan

US military says it destroyed five more Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on a Navy warship. Iran struck a US military base in Jordan with missiles in retaliation, the Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday. Jordan's army said it shot down 18 missiles from Iran targeting the kingdom.

The GuardianSep 9, 2026, 1:04 AM

US says Iranian tankers ‘destroyed’ after missile attacks on American warship

Tit-for-tat violence surges again in region, with tankers struck by the US in the Gulf of Oman, and reprisal attacks by Iran on a US base in Jordan The US military on Tuesday said it had “destroyed” several Iranian tankers after Iran attempted to strike a US navy warship with ballistic missiles, as violence once again surged across the region, pushing the price of oil past $100 a barrel. American forces struck the tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Iran’s Kharg Island, US central command (Centcom) said in a statement, adding that American forces “directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck”. Continue reading...

Al JazeeraSep 9, 2026, 12:08 AM

US strikes 5 Iranian oil tankers; Tehran targets Jordan base, US warships

US military says it struck the five Iranian tankers after the IRGC targeted a US warship twice in two days.

Al JazeeraSep 8, 2026, 11:49 PM

US bombs five Iranian oil tankers after its navy is attacked

The US military has released video of its forces destroying what it says are five Iranian crude oil tankers.

NBC NewsSep 8, 2026, 8:58 PM

Iran attacks American warships and base after U.S. sinks five Iranian tankers

They’re the latest tit-for-tat strikes as Washington and Tehran lurch back toward fighting during more than six months of war.

The Globe and MailSep 8, 2026, 9:19 PM

U.S. strikes Iranian tankers in response to missile attack on Navy warship

Iran subsequently launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media says

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