Liveblog July 22, 2026

Iranian missiles attack Jordan, explosions heard in Eilat. Explosions are heard in Israel's southernmost city of Eilat amid an Iranian ballistic missile attack on the neighboring Jordanian city of Aqaba. The results of the Iranian attack are not immediately clear. Iran claims drone attacks on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain. Iran's state-run media says its military launched drones overnight at a military base in Jordan, targeting the same location where three US soldiers were killed in a missile attack on Friday. The Iranian military says the drones were launched at housing and welfare units on the base accommodating US troops as well as an equipment depot, according to Iran's Fars news outlet. It says drones were also launched at hangars and other buildings used by US troops at a base in Bahrain. There is no word on the alleged attack from the Pentagon, which has released only limited information about Iranian assaults on troops in the region. Rubio warns Iranian control over Hormuz would set 'very dangerous precedent.' US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells Southeast Asian foreign ministers that Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz would set a dangerous precedent with repercussions beyond the Middle East. 'If we create a precedent in the Middle East where a nation-state can decide to control an international waterway, charge a toll, and blow up your ships if you don't pay, we have created a very dangerous precedent that will repeat itself in other parts of the world, including this region,' he tells envoys at a Manila gathering of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).