The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.

Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates all sounded the alarm early in the morning as missiles streaked across the sky and explosions rang out.

The US launched several waves of strikes on Iran into Monday morning over an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing over the weekend.

US-Iran news LIVE: The US military said it struck dozens of targets at multiple locations across Iran in a fresh wave of attacks. In retaliation, Iran hit US bases in the Gulf.

Iran has targeted US naval supply lines as part of a wave of strikes across the Gulf, as Tehran attempts to assert control of the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting U.S. assets in six countries and saying it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz.

The Middle East conflict has entered another dangerous phase after Iran announced it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz and launched missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in Bahrain,

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