Daily brief
Tensions escalated sharply in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and the US clashed, with Iran firing missiles at the UAE and warning ships, while the US military accompanied a commercial carrier through the waterway. A US official denied any Navy ship was struck, despite some claims, and President Trump threatened to destroy any Iranian boat attacking American vessels. Oil prices eased slightly on signs the US was loosening Iran's closure of the strait, but the situation remains volatile.
The UAE issued a missile threat alert for the first time since the US-Iran ceasefire and condemned 'treacherous' Iranian aggression after three people were injured in a drone attack on Fujairah, where an oil facility caught fire.
Iran's IRGC claimed no commercial ship or oil tanker transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past hours.
President Trump said the US shot down seven Iranian 'small boats' in the Gulf.