Conflict & Security
US strikes Qeshm Island as tanker attacks roil Strait of Hormuz
November 4, 2026 at 06:31 AM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 11 hours
MAMasrawy
الحرس الثوري: تدمير 4 ناقلات نفط قرب مضيق هرمز بعد اصطدامها بألغام بحرية
(opens the publisher’s site)
AJAl Jazeera English
Iran says US reply to Hormuz plan ‘unconvincing’; Trump confirms strikes
(opens the publisher’s site)
SNSky News Arabia
هرمز تحت التهديد.. تحذير بحري ومخاوف من الحرب
(opens the publisher’s site)US strikes on an Iranian island and renewed tanker attacks have pushed the US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz toward a wider conflict.
- Trump confirmed US forces struck an anti-aircraft facility on Qeshm Island on Tuesday, calling the operation a "minor attack" that "wasn't war."
- The IRGC said four oil tankers were destroyed by naval mines and its forces seized two vessels; UKMTO reported a tanker struck by two projectiles northeast of Oman with no casualties.
- Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Washington's response to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz was "unconvincing."
- The International Maritime Organization said the strait is unsafe for navigation, citing 125 verified attacks on commercial ships there.