Oil crossed $100/bbl for the first time this war after Iran attacked 10 ships near the…

Six months into the US-Israel war on Iran, the exchange produced its most consequential day yet for global energy markets. Iran said it attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz and fired missiles at US forces at Jordan's Al-Azraq base, describing both as legitimate self-defense in response to the US announcing it had sunk five Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island a day earlier. Jordan's military said its air defenses engaged 20 incoming ballistic missiles, successfully intercepting 18. Separately, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency reported a tanker hit by a projectile off the Iraqi coast and a cargo ship struck by a projectile near al-Faw, Iraq. CENTCOM denied a separate IRGC claim of striking US destroyers. Iran's Foreign Ministry also condemned a new IAEA resolution targeting its nuclear program, adding a diplomatic front to the military exchange. South Korea's defense ministry said it dispatched a fact-finding team — explicitly not troops — to assess conditions in the strait following last week's strike on a Korean-owned tanker. The combined effect pushed Brent crude above $100 a barrel in early Wednesday trading for the first time this war. On Ukraine, Russian combat losses crossed the 1.5 million mark, reaching approximately 1,500,870 as of Sep 9 (+1,480); Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Saratov and Russian helicopters at an airfield in Rostov region overnight.