New Delhi, July 21 -- DUBAI - Two Greek-owned oil tankers were burning in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night as the United States completed its tenth consecutive round of strikes on Iran, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit back with attacks targeting American military infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain - the sharpest escalation in the conflict since the war resumed in mid-July.

U.S. Central Command said operations concluded at 9 pm Eastern Time. Stated targets included Iranian military command centers, maritime facilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems. Iranian media reported explosions in Sirik, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Shiraz, and Isfahan. The cumulative toll of ten nights of American strikes...