The United States military has intercepted and destroyed two Iranian attack drones that posed an immediate hazard to commercial shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, according to an official statement by the US Central Command late Saturday.
The kinetic engagement underscores a fresh escalation of hostilities in West Asia, severely straining the existing ceasefire framework just a day after Iran targeted the strategic waterway and its Gulf neighbours, including Kuwait and Bahrain, with a barrage of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
“Earlier today, US forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command announced on its X account.