US Resumes Airstrikes on Iran After Five-Day Pause Following Iranian Missile Attack on Jordan Base
CENTCOM completed a "heavy wave of strikes" against Iran late Wednesday, hitting dozens of IRGC targets including military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities
The resumption converts the five-day pause into a bounded retaliatory cycle targeting IRGC infrastructure rather than leadership or nuclear sites, keeping the exchange short of the prior 13-night campaign. Iran's ballistic missile launch, its first offensive move in this cycle rather than a response to a US strike, raises the odds that the faction behind Tuesday's attack resists the diplomatic channel Trump says remains open. Additional US strikes against Iranian territory or IRGC-linked targets are
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