US, Iran each attack infrastructure in risky escalation

The United States and Iran have escalated their conflict by expanding targets to include infrastructure, raising concerns about further disruption to global energy supplies. The U.S. struck bridges and an airport in Iran, while Tehran retaliated by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait.

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The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination ​plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.

In the contested Strait of Hormuz, where the renewed conflict has cut off energy supplies from the Middle East, U.S. Marines boarded a tanker. Another ship was reportedly hit by a projectile. Separately, a vessel was boarded by armed men off Yemen, though one maritime security source suggested this incident might be an act of Somali piracy rather than linked to the Iran conflict.

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US Marines boarded a tanker and another ship was reported to have been hit by a projectile.

Washington and Tehran have been testing the limits of escalation since their ceasefire agreement collapsed last week, increasing the prospect of a return to all-out war. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened broad-based air strikes on Iran's infrastructure and has not ruled out a ground assault on Iran's coast or islands. These moves risk provoking Iran to escalate further by hitting the vital infrastructure of neighboring Arab states or having its allies in Yemen further disrupt global energy supplies from the Red Sea.

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Another vessel was boarded by armed men off Yemen, though one maritime security source said the incident appeared to be an act of Somali piracy rather than linked to the Iran conflict.