# Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US military and attacked 10 ships after America said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. This is a sharp escalation of the six-month-old war. Increased attacks by both sides have shattered a month of relative calm, hitting military, shipping and energy assets, sending oil prices surging and drawing in regional allies in recent days. Jordan says its air defences intercepted 18 of the 20 Iranian missiles, with no casualties.
Iran attacks US base in Jordan and oil tankers in Hormuz