Iran war latest news on July 17 details US airstrikes on Iran, missile interceptions in Jordan and Kuwait, threats over the Strait of Hormuz, and rising global oil prices amid escalating tensions.

The U.S. military reports two more service members have been killed in the conflict with Iran, bringing the total to 16.

The US-Iran conflict has entered one of its most dangerous phases as Washington expanded its military campaign into a sixth consecutive night of strikes, targeting military sites as well as key infrastructure across southern Iran.

In addition to the two U.S. service members killed, another is currently missing in action, U.S. Central Command said on Saturday.

Overnight and into Friday, Iran reported U.S. strikes on infrastructure that can serve civilian purposes and has targeted similar sites in Gulf countries that host American bases. In the afternoon, the U.

The US intensified its military campaign with strikes on Iran as Tehran retaliated across the Gulf, targeting key infrastructure in Kuwait and triggering air defence responses in Bahrain

US forces on Saturday (local time) launched "new airstrikes" against Iran, targeting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a move aimed at reducing Tehran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and retaliating for attacks that killed two American service members following strikes by the Islamic Republic in Jordan.

The intensifying exchange of fire in recent days has hit infrastructure and affected civilians.

A senior Iranian adviser threatened on Friday to launch a wider war in the Middle East following days of intense fighting, warning that “full-scale offensive operations” could resume if U.S. military strikes do not cease.

An attack set off hostilities that put the two countries on a path back toward war less than a month after they agreed to stop fighting.

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