Two projectiles reportedly struck the Thai-flagged Mayuree Naree off the coast of Oman, setting the ship ablaze and forcing at least 20 crewmembers to evacuate. Three crewmembers were reported missing by a Thai maritime official. Iran's IRGC Navy later confirmed that it had fired on the ship after it ignored warnings not to traverse the strait.
I've been absolutely flabbergasted that the US has not been a little bit more planned as to how they would deal with this very, very predictable situation. Starting a war in the Persian Gulf, a region that produces roughly a third of the world's oil, was bound to send shock waves through global markets.
In Kuwait, about 90% of drinking water comes from desalination, along with roughly 86% in Oman and about 70% in Saudi Arabia. The technology removes salt from seawater - most commonly by pushing it through ultrafine membranes in a process known as reverse osmosis - to produce the freshwater that sustains cities, hotels, industry and some agriculture across one of the world's driest regions.
Within 36 hours, the regime had hit every member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a group of Arab states close to the U.S., including at multiple international airports and at least three active ports, crippling international travel and disrupting oil shipments. The strikes also tore through residential towers, luxury hotels and roads.