Iran-US war latest: Trump and Tehran exchange fresh strikes as Israel captures strategic castle
Oil prices rise more than 2 per cent in early trading after Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it targeted an air base used in a US attack on a telecoms tower on Sirik Island.
The statement comes after the US said it conducted "self-defence strikes" on Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend in response to "aggressive" actions from Tehran.
US Central Command said in a post on X that Iran had shot down a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.
The two countries have continued to trade strikes in the past week after failing to sign off an agreement to extend their fragile ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
Meanwhile, in Lebanon, Israeli troops pushed beyond the Litani river and seized the Crusader-era Beaufort fortress in their deepest invasion of the neighbouring country in over 25 years.
Defence minister Israel Katz said the country’s troops will remain stationed in the 900-year-old castle, where the flags of Israel and the IDF’s Golani Brigade have been hoisted.
