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Trump says US will help free ships in Strait of Hormuz

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Trump has said the effort, which he called “Project Freedom,” will begin Monday morning, “Middle East time.”

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Trump says US will help free ships in Strait of Hormuz

President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will assist in freeing ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the oil industry, which has been closed during the conflict with Iran. “Countries from all over the World, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly,…

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President Trump offered few details on how the new program, which he called Project Freedom, would work, but said interference would be dealt with “forcefully.”

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Trump says U.S. will begin escorting ships through Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, as he has offered little optimism that he will accept a recent proposal from Tehran to end the war

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