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The deputy security official in Kerman province stated that US forces targeted a communications tower in the southern highlands of the province at dawn today, resulting in injuries to two people who were airlifted to medical centers for treatment.

Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry: Iran's attacks constitute a very dangerous escalation

Explosion heard near Bahrain International Airport

The UAE's National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority: There are currently no indicators that warrant concern.

NCEMA confirms missile threats detected this morning were outside UAE borders. Situation remains stable. National monitoring systems are at the highest level of readiness

Bahrain announced this morning that its air defense systems intercepted Iranian aerial attacks.

India's Ministry of External Affairs condemns the attack on the merchant ship Galaxy off the coast of Oman.

U.S. officials said Israeli intelligence warned of a possible Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump, but the threat was "not deemed to be entirely credible." Source: WSJ

Sirens activated in Bahrain for the third time

Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei: Iran seized control of the Strait of Hormuz by force and will maintain it by force.

The crew of a container ship damaged in an incident 9 nautical miles east of Oman has been rescued by local authorities after abandoning the vessel, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Sunday. UKMTO said the ship sustained damage to its stern

Qatari Interior Ministry: Three injured, including a child, as a result of shrapnel from intercepting Iranian attacks

US airstrikes hit outskirts of Iran's Veysian, local official says

Iranian Revolutionary Guard: We destroyed the command center and drone hangars at the US Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: Talks held between Iran and Oman on Saturday addressed arrangements for managing transit and shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that its aerospace forces carried out a heavy attack on U.S. aircraft carrier support and refueling platforms in the port of Duqm, in Oman, in the third stage of its response to what it called U.S. military 'aggression.' The IRGC added that the operation targeted logistical support centres for U.S. naval vessels

Kuwaiti Army: We are intercepting aerial targets

A container ship sustained damage to its stern in an incident 9 nautical miles east of Oman, causing a fire on board, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Sunday. Military authorities were investigating the incident, UKMTO said in an advisory

Qatari Ministry of Defense: Armed Forces intercept several ballistic missile attacks targeting the country.

The Iranian military spokesperson stated that US forces must adhere to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding. He added that US interference in establishing an illegal corridor through the Strait of Hormuz has undermined security. The armed forces will resolutely defend the rights of the Iranian people in the Strait of Hormuz.

Qatari Ministry of Defense: Armed Forces continue to counter ballistic missile attacks

The Iranian army: We targeted a Patriot missile system, an ammunition depot, and a US military radar site in Kuwait with destructive drones.

The IRGC says in a statement that it targeted the al-Udeid base in Qatar

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: We targeted a second violating vessel in the Strait of Hormuz

CENTCOM: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a third round of strikes this week against Iran, July 11, holding Iranian forces accountable for attacking another commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces hit approximately 140 Iranian military targets with precision munitions launched by land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels. Targets included Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and coastal surveillance locations. During three nights of strikes this week, CENTCOM has struck more than 300 targets at the direction of the Commander in Chief to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait. Commercial vessel transits through the vital international maritime corridor continue.

Iranian ballistic missiles appear to have scored a direct hit on the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. Footage now circulating online shows large plumes of smoke rising from the area

Iran's IRGC says it launched the first phase of its retaliation against the U.S., claiming to have struck Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan with multiple ballistic missiles, targeting the base's command-and-control center and U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone hangars

UAE: Ministry of Defense: The sounds heard in various parts of the country are the result of UAE air defense systems engaging ballistic missiles and drones.

Iranian media: Explosions heard in Bandar Abbas

Iranian media: Explosion in Minab city, Hormozgan province

CENTCOM: At 7:15 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blatantly attacked M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage. Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed. In response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief

Iranian media: Reports of explosions heard in the cities of Dayyer and Kangan

Iranian media: Explosions in Bushehr and Asaluyeh in southern Iran

Following Aragchi visit to Muscat, Oman says it agreed with Iran to continue the discussions at the technical & political levels to reach the required consensuses in accordance with international law, regarding navigation in Hormuz. There was no US officials in Oman

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei: We promise to avenge the blood of the killed leader and the blood of all the dead in the two wars against the dishonorable killers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Oman for talks. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz will be a key issue on the agenda.

A source told Iran's Fars News Agency: "There will be no negotiations until America backs down from its positions."

Trump:1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME. Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran