For the sixth consecutive night, American warplanes struck the infrastructure of southern Iran — bridges, railways, power lines — while Iran answered with missiles and drones aimed at US military installations across the Gulf. At least seven Iranian civilians were killed, a child in Qatar was wounded by shrapnel from an interception, and oil markets shuddered at the prospect of the Red Sea being closed to tanker traffic. What is unfolding is not merely a military exchange but a contest over the sinews of modern life — energy, movement, and the fragile order that keeps distant populations warm,
US strikes Iranian infrastructure for sixth night as regional tensions escalate
At least seven people killed in Iran from US strikes; four dead and 17 injured in separate attacks; one child injured by shrapnel in Qatar from interception operations.