President Trump said Wednesday he thinks oil tankers should still use the Strait of Hormuz to get oil flowing to the rest of the world.
President Donald Trump said he didn’t believe Iran was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and repeated his suggestion that the war would end soon, even as the confirmation of an emergency oil release did little to calm volatile markets. Asked Wednesday whether Iran had laid mines in the strait, Trump told reporters, “We don’t think so.” (Source: Bloomberg)
United States Central Command released video of American strikes that they say destroyed 16 suspected Iranian mine-laying ships near the Strait of Hormuz. It comes as Iran has threatened to shut the vital shipping route for 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY from Jerusalem.
There's "growing momentum to establish a naval protection system" in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran's military escalates attacks on commercial ships, Eurasia Group says.The big picture: U.S. Central Command warned "the Iranian regime is using civilian ports along the Strait of Hormuz to conduct military operations that threaten international shipping" and…
Unknown projectiles struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, with one of the strikes causing a fire onboard one vessel and prompting most of its crew to evacuate, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The maritime security agency posted on social platform X that the fire on one vessel…
While the U.S. military continues to strike in the Middle East, lawmakers stateside are questioning the administration's next steps.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for at least one of three strikes on civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Operations Centre posted several alerts Wednesday morning that ships in the strait had been struck by “unknown projectiles,” including a ship…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for at least one of three strikes on civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The United…
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, run by the British military, said the vessel had been hit just north of Oman in the strait.
