Drones target northern Iraqi city where US forces are based as Iran war escalates
The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked more than 6% to about $100 a barrel.
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The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked more than 6% to about $100 a barrel. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a vital shipping chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. IRBIL, Iraq — Drones carrying explosives targeted a city in northern Iraq where US forces are stationed, and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran.
Furthermore, Ensuing chaos will not be pretty or peaceful.” Firefighters work to take out a blaze in the Sebiran area following a drone attack near Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq, on July 24, 2026 Anadolu via Getty Images The International Maritime Organization says at least 6,000 mariners are stranded on about 400 vessels around the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command said the latest barrage was designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters” as the Americans push to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas transited in peacetime. Blasts were also reported Thursday on Iran’s Qeshm Island, home to stores of naval assets including drone boats that Iran can use to attack vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to the northwest near Andimeshk, Omidiyeh and Firuzabad.
In addition, His office said the seafarers are exposed to the fighting and some have been abandoned by their ships’ owners, leaving them to “fend for themselves without food, water, fuel, medical care, electricity or means to communicate with their families.” Iran says it has the right to manage traffic and potentially charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz, which was open to all toll-free before the war. Trump said on social media Thursday that sanctioned Iranian funds in the possession of the U.S. will cover the expense of fixing boats damaged in the war. “Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls,” Trump said. The previous day, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, potentially widening the Iran war as international oil topped $100 a barrel.
Moreover, 28 and have offered shifting goals for the war, including toppling Tehran’s government and eliminating its nuclear program.
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The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked more than 6% to about $100 a barrel.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a vital shipping chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesIRBIL, Iraq — Drones carrying explosives targeted a city in northern Iraq where US forces are stationed, and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesEnsuing chaos will not be pretty or peaceful.” Firefighters work to take out a blaze in the Sebiran area following a drone attack near Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq, on July 24, 2026 Anadolu via Getty Images The International Maritime Organization says at least 6,000 mariners are stranded on about 400 vessels around the Strait of Hormuz.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesUS Central Command said the latest barrage was designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters” as the Americans push to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas transited in peacetime.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesBlasts were also reported Thursday on Iran’s Qeshm Island, home to stores of naval assets including drone boats that Iran can use to attack vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to the northwest near Andimeshk, Omidiyeh and Firuzabad.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesHis office said the seafarers are exposed to the fighting and some have been abandoned by their ships’ owners, leaving them to “fend for themselves without food, water, fuel, medical care, electricity or means to communicate with their families.” Iran says it has the right to manage traffic and potentially charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz, which was open to all toll-free before the war.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesTrump said on social media Thursday that sanctioned Iranian funds in the possession of the U.S. will cover the expense of fixing boats damaged in the war. “Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls,” Trump said.
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The previous day, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, potentially widening the Iran war as international oil topped $100 a barrel.
according to The Boston Globe28 and have offered shifting goals for the war, including toppling Tehran’s government and eliminating its nuclear program.
according to New York PostAs the US has bombed Iran , Tehran has targeted several countries in the region that host American troops.
according to New York PostThe Houthi attacks put at risk oil shipments from Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port on the Red Sea and present a “double whammy” on top of the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, said maritime data and analysis firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
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