00:02Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan sounded alerts and fired air defenses early on Wednesday
00:07as the United States and Iran traded attacks after the downing of an American helicopter a day earlier.
00:14Jordan said it shot down five incoming missiles launched by Iran
00:18targeting an area that's home to an airbase that hosts U.S. forces.
00:23Tehran had vowed to respond after the U.S. launched airstrikes on Iran,
00:27accusing it of shooting down an army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
00:32Iranian media reported at least two series of explosions along Iran's southern coast near the
00:37Strait. Later, U.S. Central Command said in a post on X that it had completed so-called
00:43self-defense strikes against Iran, adding that U.S. forces struck Iranian air defense,
00:49ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz.
00:54Before he accused Iran of downing the U.S. helicopter, Trump had expressed renewed
00:59optimism over negotiations with Iran, without elaborating.
01:03Officials have been unable to turn the April ceasefire into a deal to permanently end the
01:08conflict, particularly as Israel intensifies and expands its military campaign in Lebanon
01:13against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah.
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