US-Iran War Escalates: Trump Warns More Strikes As Hormuz Crisis Deepens | West Asia War

[00:00:00]Moving on, the West Asia conflict is intensifying with no signs of de-escalation. The US has expanded its military campaign against Iran, while Tehran has widened its regional response, raising fears of a broader confrontation. Now, US forces completed their 11th consecutive night of strikes targeting Iranian military infrastructure.

[00:00:20]CENTCOM said that it targeted Iranian military operation centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure.

[00:00:31]Iranian state media said on Wednesday that air defense was triggered across Tehran, and reported strikes across the country. It also reported explosions in the city of Bushehr, which hosts a nuclear power plant.

[00:00:43]Areas in the western and southern parts of the country appear to have also been hit in the latest wave of US strikes.

[00:00:50]Now, flames were seen burning along a road in Iran's southwestern Behbahan amid reports of a missile attack in the area.

[00:00:57]Iran's Revolutionary Guard said that its retaliation was underway.

[00:01:01]On Tuesday, Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain had reported more Iranian attacks.

[00:01:06]Bahrain said it intercepted Iranian attacks as sirens sounded repeatedly.

[00:01:10]While Kuwait and Jordan said that they had intercepted drone and missile strikes.

[00:01:15]The US military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be killed in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan.

[00:01:22]He has been identified as 28-year-old Sergeant Angel S. Zapata of New York.

[00:01:28]The confirmation brings the total deaths toll of US service members in the war which have been killed to 18.

[00:01:34]Nearly 100 US service members have been injured over the last 2 weeks of escalating strikes on Iran.

[00:01:40]Now, President Donald Trump warned that US is not finished attacking Iran just yet, claiming the damage caused would take a decades to repair.

[00:01:49]He also warned of possible strikes on Pickaxe Mountain, which is a fortified underground facility believed to be be to Iran's nuclear program. The US president played down the Houthi threat to blockade of Saudi ports saying he would take care of it. Listen to this.

[00:02:06]>> You know, we've done that with the Houthis before and we haven't heard from them in a while since we did what we did originally. That was a about 45 days of very powerful action we took against the Houthis and we've had no problem with the Houthis. They've had no problem with us for a long period of time including during this conflict.

[00:02:29]I think that if there is something like that we'll just have to take care of business.

[00:02:36]>> The Houthis who control northern and western Yemen including the coast of the mouth of the Red Sea have announced a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Monday. Reports said that two tankers taking Saudi crude to China and India made U-turns on Tuesday heading to Suez Canal rather than out through the Bab el-Mandeb into the Indian Ocean.

[00:02:56]Meanwhile, Iran has reportedly stopped at least two oil tankers transiting the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. A move that has heightened concerns over global energy supplies and international shipping.

[00:03:07]Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Southeast Asian nations that Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz could set a dangerous global precedent. He also said that Iran is not serious about talks adding that US is always willing to engage, negotiate and settle differences.

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