The US-Iran conflict has entered an even more dangerous phase as Washington completed its ninth consecutive night of strikes across Iran, targeting military infrastructure, missile facilities and command centres,

The U.S. conducted a new wave of strikes against Iranian military sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of the Islamic Republic's ports.

By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Timour Azhari DUBAI/RIYADH, July 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.

The United States launched fresh strikes on Iran after attacks across the Persian Gulf, deepening tensions and raising new fears over oil supplies.

The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies.

TEHRAN — New violence shook the Middle East early Monday as the United States announced another wave of attacks on Iran, Kuwait said it was intercepting drones and Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed to have hit an “enemy command center” in Syria.

Iran says the latest US strikes killed at least 50 people and wounded 517. Washington said the attacks were retaliation for a strike on a US base in Jordan that killed two US service members, left one missing and injured four others.

A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz has caught on fire after being struck by a projectile.