BREAKING: U.S. Navy EVADES Deadly Hormuz Threat; MERCILESS U.S. Sanctions Cripple Iran...

The U.S. Navy has reopened southern routes through the Strait of Hormuz using naval escorts and CENTCOM operations amid Iranian threats to oil shipments. Washington is preparing expanded sanctions on Iran while the Iranian rial falls sharply.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah operatives and Iranian Revolutionary Guard advisers remain trapped underground on Ali Taher ridge. Israel is weighing further military pressure against the risk of wider escalation.