The US and Iran have been trading blows again in the Middle East as the six-month war threatens to escalate again.

The US destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday following a fresh wave of missile attacks by Tehran. The strikes were carried out after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles at an American warship in the Middle East twice in the past two days,

US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship - The U.S. has struck multiple Iranian tankers in response to more attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship

Sources tell CBS News U.S. jets on a base in Jordan were hit by Iranian missiles after Trump said the war will end "immediately" after midterms.