The U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they carried out airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Iran targeted sites used by the American military in Jordan and a U.S.-owned ship was hit in an Egyptian port.

Yemen's Houthi group is considering imposing fees on commercial ships sailing through the southern Red Sea.

The United States has intensified its strikes targeting Iran, hitting targets further north. American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic.

Iran attacked a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a U.S. official confirmed, leading a United Nations agency to pause an evacuation effort.

Iran has rejected Oman's proposal to split control of the Strait of Hormuz evenly, demanding instead that the inbound lane sit entirely in Iranian waters. Washington separately sanctioned two Guard-backed entities it says sell shipping coverage against dangers the regime itself creates,

He issued his threat after U.S. Central Command hit Iranian targets for an 11th straight night.