Iran War Updates: Oil tops $100 per barrel as U.S. fighter jets damaged in Iranian strikes on Jordan
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Multiple American military aircraft were damaged in Iranian strikes that occurred overnight Tuesday into Wednesday local time on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, people with direct knowledge of the matter told CBS News.
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Roughly eight F‑15 fighter jets sustained light damage and were placed back into service.
Roughly eight F-15s sustained light damage and were reportedly placed back into service, according to the people familiar with the damage, who spoke to CBS News under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
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One A‑10 Thunderbolt was struck and was missing a wing.
One A-10 Thunderbolt, known as the Warthog, was struck and was missing a wing, the sources said.
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No U.S. deaths have been reported in the strikes on Jordan.
No U.S. deaths have been reported in the strikes on Jordan.
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The overnight damage came after the U.S. said Tuesday it attacked five Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting a U.S. Navy warship.
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In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it launched attacks at eight tankers and two warships, including the base in Jordan.
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U.S. forces in Jordan launched more than 30 Patriot missiles defending against the Iranian strikes.
U.S. forces in Jordan launched more than 30 Patriot missiles defending against the Iranian strikes in Jordan, CBS News learned.
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Yemen's Houthi militant group launched missiles and drones at three cities in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for a Saudi‑led anti‑Houthi coalition.
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On Tuesday, Saudi authorities said 73 people were injured and several oil facilities were temporarily shut down due to Houthi attacks.
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The Houthis are agents and proxies of the Iranians.
He blamed Iran for the uptick in hostilities, saying "the Houthis in many ways are agents and proxies of the Iranians."
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calling the Houthis "an independent Yemeni actor that makes its own decisions; it takes orders from no one and acts as nobody's proxy."
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The United States is watching the events very closely.
Asked about the Houthis, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters earlier Wednesday the U.S. is "watching those events very closely."
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Foreign assistance is not changing the dynamics of the war.
"We don't believe anybody is giving Iran anything that's changing the dynamics or the parameters of what we're seeing," Rubio said while traveling in Ecuador.
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"I think the war will end immediately after the election, because they can't hold out any longer," the president told reporters.
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The United States is not looking to negotiate with Iran in the near future.
"We're not looking for it, to be honest," Mr. Trump said. "Originally I wanted to make a deal. ... Yes, a negotiation could possibly happen but it's not something we're looking at."
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Iran condemned on Wednesday a resolution adopted by the United Nations atomic watchdog's board of governors, which referred the Islamic republic to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear "non-compliance."
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"This resolution was passed under political pressure from the US and its allies and in our view has no basis and will not bring any results," Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Reza Najafi, told state television.
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"They attack Iran's nuclear facilities under safeguards, disrupt the normal verification process, and then use that very disruption as a pretext to issue a resolution in the Board of Governors," Gharibabadi said on X.
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The amount of ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz is expected to remain constrained through the end of 2026, leaving an average of 5.7 million barrels of oil per day shut in, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Not only will crude oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz remain low through the end of the year, the agency said pre‑war levels won't return until the second quarter of 2027.
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The average price of a barrel of Brent crude was $91 in August and it is expected to hover around $90 through the end of the year, the agency said, with a forecast of $74 average in 2027.
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The army said 12 people were killed in the town of Kafr Remaneh, in the Nabatieh region, including women and children.
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"In contrast to the Army's commitment, the Israeli occupation forces have not adhered to the agreement, as the number of violations has reached approximately 7,700 breaches from the date of signing the framework agreement on June 26, 2026, up to the present."
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Germany has condemned the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and the Saudi‑backed Yemeni government forces after a flare‑up in fighting between the two sides in recent days.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors on Wednesday voted to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear "non‑compliance".
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The IAEA has not had access to key nuclear facilities in Iran since June 2025.
The IAEA has not had access to key nuclear facilities in Iran since Israel, joined by the United States, launched a 12‑day conflict in June 2025.
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Iran's Islamic republic is on the verge of collapse.
"I am very close to that. We know that the entire axis will ultimately collapse," he said.
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Oil prices could rise to $120 a barrel due to heightened attacks in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.
An analysis by Goldman Sachs has forecast that heightened attacks in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea could push global oil prices above $120 a barrel.
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The IRGC said it will hit 20 targets for every two or three U.S. strikes.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that it will hit 20 targets for every two or three U.S. strikes.
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CENTCOM said no U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed.
"No U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed," CENTCOM said in a post on social media.
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The IRGC claimed it inflicted heavy damage on U.S. warships.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed earlier that its naval forces had targeted two U.S. warships, along with eight other vessels, and "inflicted heavy damage on them."
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CENTCOM confirmed it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers.
CENTCOM confirmed Tuesday it "destroyed" five oil tankers associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Oil prices hit $100 per barrel for the first time since July.
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, hit $100 per barrel Wednesday morning, the highest it's been since late July.
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Dozens of South Koreans urged their government not to deploy troops to the Strait of Hormuz.
Dozens of South Koreans urged their government on Wednesday not to deploy troops to the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that a new "prohibited zone" outside the Strait of Hormuz would cover parts of the Gulf of Oman and beyond.
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The Houthis accused Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of carrying out an airstrike on a Yemeni prison, killing inmates as well as women and children who were visiting.
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"The aggressive actions by the United States against Iranian commercial vessels not only increase the dangers of tensions in the region but are also considered an overt threat to regional and international peace and security," the ministry said on Wednesday.
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Several vessels in the Persian Gulf region were on fire Wednesday, a U.K. Navy agency reported, after Iran said it had attacked more than a dozen ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission.
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- Crude oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz will remain low through the end of the year, and pre‑war levels won't return until the second quarter of 2027.
collides with Average crude transit through the Strait of Hormuz was over 14 million barrels per day in 2025 · The Strait of Hormuz and the Goods That Flow Through It
- Crude oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz will remain low through the end of the year, and pre‑war levels won't return until the second quarter of 2027.
collides with The Strait of Hormuz can reopen in a day. · Even If the Strait of Hormuz Opens, the Damage to the Persian Gulf Energy Infrastructure is Enormous
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