The United States launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump promised retaliation for an attack on a U.S. helicopter.

Iran launched retaliatory strikes toward US targets in the region. A US official told CNN the Trump administration believes the strikes won’t hinder war talks. Follow live news updates.

President Donald Trump blamed Iran for shooting down a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and said the United States must respond to the attack.

US President Donald Trump said the US military informed him that Iran shot down an Army Apache helicopter that went down off the coast of Oman, adding that the US “must, of necessity, respond to this attack.

The incident threatens to escalate tensions in a conflict that has rattled global energy markets and strained a fragile ceasefire.

President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” that he made repeatedly as he campaigned again for the White House

What caused the crash of the Apache remained unclear in a Middle East still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest blow yet to the strained ceasefire in the Iran war.

Two crew members scrambled aboard a drone rescue boat after two hours in water; Tehran hasn’t claimed responsibility.