The US military says it has begun launching strikes against Iran in retaliation for an attempted surprise attack on American forces in the Middle East. Centcom said on X the strikes were “a powerful response” to Tuesday’s firing by Iran on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The latest hostilities came a day after the conflict expanded with the first publicly announced joint US-Saudi strikes, which targeted Iranian proxies in Iraq. Hours before the announced strikes on Wednesday, Trump vowed to retaliate against Iran for their attempted attack on US troops a day earlier. That followed 13 consecutive nights of bombing by the US, which said it had targeted Iranian weapons and military sites.