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Iran has increased strikes targeting Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq in recent weeks, part of the broader regional fallout from the Iran war. Separately, Iran was referred to the UN Security Council over nuclear non-compliance, with Tehran condemning the move and briefly reacting with elevated rhetoric, while oil prices surged amid the widening conflict. The escalation extended to the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it struck a US-operated unmanned surface vessel and captured a US 'sail drone' at the strait's entrance. The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency separately reported that projectiles struck two ships off the coast of Oman, raising fresh alarm over the safety of shipping lanes in one of the world's most critical oil transit corridors.

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