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Iran-aligned Houthis on Thursday gained further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping routes. Meanwhile, price for Brent crude oil soared more than 5 percent to over $106 per barrel. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Iran said it had captured a US submarine drone in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Israel told the British consulate in east Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there would lose their accreditation within 30 days in a reprisal for London-led Western sanctions over settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
- The US military denied reports of Iranian strikes on its warships.
- Syria condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Israeli troops occupying a swath of Syrian territory, calling his entry "illegal". Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the troops would not be leaving anytime soon.
- US President Donald Trump said the Iran war would end after the US midterm elections in November.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
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