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Crisis Phase

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Liz Wolfe | 7.13.2026 9:30 AM

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U.S. and Iran back at it: It looks like the ceasefire is off, given that the U.S. and Iran traded heavy strikes all weekend and Iran stopped several ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

"Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps launched missile and drone strikes at U.S. military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain and claimed to have successfully hit missile, drone and fuel facilities," reports The Washington Post. "Iran has claimed full control over the strait and on Sunday declared that it was closed—an assertion that the U.S. military denied."

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Only 14 ships passed through the Strait yesterday, reports The New York Times—the lowest amount in a month. Damage from Iran's strikes has been relatively minimal so far: "Jordan's air defense systems intercepted four missiles from Iran on Monday, the official Petra news agency reported, citing Jordan's armed forces, which said there were no casualties or material damage in the attacks. Kuwait's army said its air defenses intercepted hostile aerial targets and Bahrain said it also fended off Iranian missile and drone attacks on Monday morning."

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters that the ceasefire is in "a........

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