Three U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz came under attack on Thursday, and the U.S. struck on two Iranian ports abutting the strait, putting into question an increasingly fragile U.

CENTCOM has released footage of US warships engaging with Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fast-attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz, demonstrating heightened tensions in this crucial maritime area.

Iran opened fire on U.S. warships in the Middle East on Monday and the U.S. military retaliated, destroying six Iranian small boats, according to U.S. Central Command (Centcom) leader Adm. Brad Cooper.

The directive to turn its weapons on the boats adds a new element to the Navy's mine-clearing operations in the strait, which began this month.

The U.S. and Iran appeared ⁠no ⁠closer on Saturday to finding an end to ⁠their war after the two sides traded fire in the Gulf amid a tenuous ceasefire, while a U.S. intelligence analysis ​concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for months.

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) on Monday dismissed a claim from Iranian state media that a U.S. warship was hit by Iranian missiles. “CLAIM: Iranian state media claims that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit a U.

US nonfarm payrolls beat expectations in April, but some weakness lurking underneath U.S. employment increased more than expected in April, pointing to continued labor market stability and reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve would leave interest ​rates unchanged for some time while monitoring the economic fallout from the war with Iran.

Iranian state TV reported the warning a day after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, casting doubt on the month-old ceasefire that the U.S. has insisted is still in effect. The U.S. military said the tankers were trying to breach its blockade of Iran’s ports.