The US military has conducted strikes against Iran for the 13th night amid escalating clashes over shipping routes. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels reported attacking two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, potentially broadening the conflict as international oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel. US Central Command stated the strikes aim to degrade Iran's capacity to threaten maritime traffic in regional waters, as the US seeks to reassert control over the Strait of Hormuz and normalize international shipping. The Houthis also threatened to disrupt another vital trade route, impacting a global economy already struggling with Iran's previous closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant portion of the world's oil and gas transited during peacetime.