Iran hostilities flare after US strike in strait of Hormuz – Middle East crisis live

US targets Iran’s Larak Island in first exchange of fire in more than a month, sparking reprisals against US forces in the regionUS strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, prompting Iranian retaliatory attacksThe UAE condemned an Iranian drone attack intercepted over its territorial waters, calling it a “dangerous escalation”.In a statement on X, the UAE’s foreign ministry “strongly condemned the hostile Iranian attack on the country involving a drone that was intercepted by air defence s