A missile struck the Italian base in Erbil, Iraq, last night . Defense Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed this, having personally interviewed the base commander. No Italian soldiers were reported injured .

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed his "firm condemnation" of the incident: "I just spoke with the Italian ambassador to Iraq. Fortunately, all our soldiers are well and safe in the bunker . I express my solidarity and gratitude to them for their daily service to the homeland."

Also in Iraq, two oil tankers were attacked off the southern coast: one casualty was reported, the other crew members were evacuated after the ships caught fire.

As we reached the 13th day of the war, Donald Trump reiterated: "Iran is on the brink of defeat, they're at the end of the line. They have no navy, no air force, no anti-aircraft guns, nothing. They have no control systems. We must win this war quickly."

The US president also displayed confidence about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, where three ships were hit yesterday and where Tehran has planted, according to informed sources, a dozen mines : "Hormuz is safe, it's in excellent shape, we've destroyed all the ships."

Meanwhile, new attacks in Tehran and Lebanon occurred overnight. And the price of oil remains a concern, still above $100 a barrel despite the sale of large stocks to avert a global shortage.

The United States has announced that it will withdraw 172 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves and the 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency have agreed to make 400 million barrels available to the market.

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