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War in the Middle East: latest developments

Al Monitor 2026/05/08 20:13

The latest developments in the Middle East war:

- US jets fire on Iranian-flagged tankers -

US forces fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers that attempted to violate the American blockade of Iran's ports, the US military said on Friday.

A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet "disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks, preventing the non-compliant ships from entering Iran," US Central Command said in a post on X that included footage of the strikes.

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