U.S. says its military shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz
Posted on: Jun 06, 2026 05:00 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The U.S. Armed forces said it crack shoot down foursome iranian language drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic's coastal surveillance radar sites in response.
"The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic," U.S. Central Command said on social media. The military is enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran's chokehold on the crucial corridor for global oil and natural gas shipments, which has sent energy prices spiking.
It was the latest in back-and-forth attacks that have strained the tenuous ceasefire in the war and efforts to reach a deal to extend that truce.
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Earlier this week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait's main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.
Despite the attacks raising new concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump reiterated this week that he's certain his administration is on track to successfully wrap up the conflict.
"We're going to win one way or another," Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office.
His administration also has touted the latest ceasefire agreed to this week by the Lebanese government and Israel after U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. That's despite the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group rejecting the agreement and new attacks launched by both sides.
The fighting in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south, also threatens efforts to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has demanded that any lasting truce extend to Lebanon.
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