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A damaged railway bridge near Aq Qala that U.S. struck last night, Aq Qala, Golestan Province, Iran, July 9, 2026. © Social Media, via Reuters Deadly US strikes overnight hit an airport, a railway station in the port city of Bandar Abbas and two bridges in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said Friday. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Yesterday's key developments:
- The United States and Iran continued to trade blows for a sixth day on Thursday as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz despite a call from mediator Pakistan to resume talks.
- The head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol said on Thursday that if the US and Iran do not come together to improve flows of oil through the Strait of Hormuz soon the world should be worried about energy security.
- Syria said on July 16 it had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon by seizing a shipment that included missiles at its border with Iraq.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
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