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DUBAI – U.S. forces on Monday conducted strikes in southern Iran against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, in what it described as defensive actions.

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The U.S. military targeted a military site that officials believed posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.

ran's Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday it targeted a US airbase after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump rejected a report he was close to a compromise deal with Tehran.

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Iran targeted a U.S. air base on Thursday after the United States struck what Washington described as an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks, while limited, highlighted the fragility of negotiations aimed at turning the tenuous ceasefire that took ...

Trump this week sparred with the German chancellor, who said the Iranians were humiliating the U.S. in talks to end the 2-month-old war.

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Phil Stewart, Reuters WASHINGTON — The top U.S. general overseeing forces in Latin America held a rare meeting on May 29 with senior Cuban military officials at the perimeter of U.S.

Donovan's meeting in Cuba is the first in recent memory by a head of Southern Command and comes amid growing concerns in Cuba of a possible U.S. military attack on the Communist-run island.