The strikes killed at least 20 members of Iraq’s paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces, according to the group. US strikes Iran again as Iran strikes US oil storage in Egypt portThe US carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the US military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to embroil additional countries in ‌the region. "US forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8:00pm ET today (5:00am PKT)," US Central Command said in a statement. "The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday's attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East." The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday's attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.