By Jaidaa Taha, Maya Gebeily, Alexander Cornwell and Emily Rose DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 14 (Reuters) - Iran threatened on Saturday to escalate the war ⁠raging ⁠in the Middle East by targeting any facility in the region with ⁠U.

President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces "totally obliterated" every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, a ket oil export site for Iran.

U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump on ​Friday Said on ‌Friday that the ‌United ⁠States ⁠carried out strikes against "every military target" ​on Iran's Kharg Island export ​hub. "For reasons of decency, ⁠I have ⁠chosen NOT ⁠to wipe ​out the Oil Infrastructure ​on ⁠the Island,

The U.S. military bombed Iran’s most strategic economic asset, Kharg Island. The tiny spot of land in the northern Persian Gulf is the launch point for 90% of the country’s oil exports. President Trump said he spared oil facilities in the bombardment,

Iran’s oil exports hinge on a small outpost in the Persian Gulf: Kharg Island, the loading point for almost all of the country’s crude shipments.

President Trump says the US “obliterated” Iran’s Kharg Island without targeting its vital oil facilities, as doing so could further escalate already high oil prices. CNN’s Kristen Holmes and Jeremy Diamond report.

President Trump said more bombing in Iran "obliterated" military targets at the country's key oil hub. CBS News New York's Dick Brennan reports.

Trump said the U.S. bombed Iran’s Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export hub, and warned against interference in the Strait of Hormuz.