Kuwait and Bahrain report attacks on critical infrastructure as Tehran vows to escalate if US bombing continues

Oil prices remain elevated as renewed fighting threatens Gulf shipping and regional stability

In Kuwait, Iranian forces targeted an ammunition depot at the Al-Adiri camp, the headquarters buildings and ammunition depots at the Ali Al-Salem base and several communication bridges

The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran yesterday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.

A new wave of US attacks on Iran has plunged Iranians back into deep uncertainty and anxiety after a period of relative calm while a shaky ceasefire held.

Oil prices jump and global markets fall as both sides widen the scope of their attacks

The attacks were in response to the crimes of the arrogant enemy, Iran state TV reports

Iran's military had threatened ‘all infrastructure across the region’ in the event of any attacks on its own

Earlier, CENTCOM announced fresh wave of strikes to 'further degrade Iranian military capabilities'

US says Navy will continue ensuring safe passage through Strait of Hormuz

Iran said yesterday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line”, warning that if US President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran’s infrastructure, it would strike all infrastructure across the Gulf region.

Shipping through Strait of Hormuz disrupted again amid fears of wider regional escalation

In response to the enemy aggression, Iran army targeted the communication systems and fuel storage facilities of the US military in Jordan

The US conducted a new wave of strikes against Iran’s coastal defence systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites yesterday after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran threatened to shut off “all other export corridors”.

It added that a number of personnel were also wounded and promised a "decisive response" to the attack.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today it had targeted what it described as command-and-control, logistics, fuel and military equipment facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

Analysts fear another key global shipping route could come under pressure

Trump warns power plants and bridges will be targeted next week unless Tehran agrees to negotiate, as fighting spreads across the Gulf

Iran fired missiles at Jordan and Bahrain yesterday after the United States launched a five-hour attack on Iranian targets, stepping up a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz that has pushed up oil prices to four-week highs.

"I directed this military action consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and United States' national security and foreign policy interests," Trump said in the letter, dated July 10, and seen by Reuters on Monday.