The US has launched strikes against Iran after Donald Trump blamed Tehran for downing a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz, imperilling a shaky ceasefire that was announced by the two countries in April.
US Central Command said Trump had directed the military to launch strikes beginning at 10pm UK time on Tuesday in response to the downing of the Apache helicopter gunship off the coast of Oman earlier. US media, citing White House officials, have said Centcom is targeting radar and air defence facilities along the strait of Hormuz.
Trump had said in a post on his Truth Social platform that Iran was responsible for the crash, and that Washington could not allow such an event to go unanswered.
