{"id":11985,"date":"2026-03-18T22:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11985"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:06:26","slug":"iran-strikes-back-black-smoke-engulfs-us-navys-5th-fleet-hq-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11985","title":{"rendered":"Iran Strikes Back: Black Smoke Engulfs US Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"199\">Iran reportedly struck near the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet base in Bahrain, with explosions, smoke, and sirens signaling a dangerous escalation toward direct conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"411\">The attack, seen as retaliation, shows a shift from hidden proxy fights to open strikes on major targets, shaking the region and raising global fears as oil prices surge and civilians brace for what comes next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Iran reportedly struck near the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet base in Bahrain, with explosions, smoke, and sirens signaling a dangerous escalation toward direct conflict. The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11985\" title=\"Iran Strikes Back: Black Smoke Engulfs US Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet HQ\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11987,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11985\/revisions\/11987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}