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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe United States and Iran accused each other of violating their ongoing ceasefire on Thursday after trading strikes in the most serious exchange since the truce began in April.\n\nIran fired on a U.S. airbase after American forces intercepted Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz, and Iranian strikes drew in Kuwait, which condemned the attack as a dangerous escalation.\n\nThe clash came three months after the Middle East war began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.\n\n### What triggered the US-Iran exchange of fire on Thursday?\n\nIranian forces fired at four ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz without authorization, according to Iran's state broadcaster IRIB.\n\nU.S. forces said they intercepted five attack drones in and around the strait and destroyed a sixth drone's ground control station in the southern Iranian port area of Bandar Abbas.\n\nIran's Revolutionary Guards said they then targeted the American airbase they identified as the source of that strike.\n\n### How did Kuwait get drawn into the US-Iran clashes?\n\nThe Guards did not specify which base they targeted, but Kuwait, which hosts U.S. troops, said its air defences had responded to incoming fire.\n\nKuwait's foreign ministry condemned what it described as criminal Iranian attacks that targeted its territory with missiles and drones. The U.S. Central Command called the strike on Kuwait an \"egregious ceasefire violation.\"\n\n### What did the US and Iran each say about the truce?\n\nIran's foreign ministry said the republic would take all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty, characterising American strikes as truce violations.\n\nA U.S. official told AFP the actions had been \"measured\" and intended to preserve the ceasefire. Iran's Revolutionary Guards also threatened a firm response if attacks continued.\n\n### What does the exchange mean for US-Iran peace negotiations?\n\nThe clash rattled ongoing negotiations aimed at formally ending the conflict, though neither side has appeared eager to return to all-out war. A key sticking point in talks has been reopening the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure has disrupted global energy supplies. Oil prices rose on Thursday after reports of the strikes, reversing much of the previous day's gains driven by hopes of a deal.\n\n### What did Trump say about the Strait of Hormuz and Oman?\n\nPresident Trump rejected a proposal that would allow Oman and Iran to manage access to the Strait of Hormuz jointly.\n\n\"The strait is going to be open to everybody,\" Trump said, adding that Oman would \"behave just like everybody else or we'll have to blow them up.\" Iran's foreign ministry condemned the threat, calling it a sign of the normalisation of intimidation in international relations.\n\n### How has the Lebanon front escalated alongside the U.S.-Iran clashes?\n\nA separate ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah has also broken down, with violence sharply escalating in recent days.\n\nIsraeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 14 people on Thursday, including three children and a soldier, as Israel declared areas south of the Zahrani River combat zones.\n\nLebanon's health ministry said the overall death toll since the war began stands at 3,269.",
  "title": "US and Iran trade strikes and accuse each other of ceasefire violations as Kuwait comes under fire"
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