US and Iran exchange fresh wave of strikes as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’

Tit-for-tat missile and drone attacks continue over control of strait of Hormuz, increasing pressure on truce• Middle East crisis live – latest updatesUS and Iranian military forces exchanged missile and drone strikes over the weekend and into Monday, as Tehran ⁠targeted US bases in the region and announced it was denying passage of ships through the ​strait of Hormuz.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman and hit fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan airbase in Jordan in response to the American strikes. Continue