US troops honored for seizing 2M pounds of explosives in Middle East
The troops seized, searched and then piloted the vessel on a 17-hour, 530 nautical mile trip.
By Todd South
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US may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz
Officials said Marines and sailors would provide the security only at the request of the ships involved.
US military aims to ensure safe passage of American commercial ships in Persian Gulf
The U.S. military intends to protect American commercial ships against Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz but will not provide naval escorts in every case, the newly installed defense secretary said Wednesday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Iran offers to swap seized oil tanker for another taken by UK
In the meantime, Britain continues plans to deploy a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" to safeguard shipping in the area after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
US Central Command now says it ‘engaged’ 2 Iranian drones, not 1
The U.S. military says that when it destroyed an Iranian drone last week over the Strait of Hormuz, it also took aim at a second drone.
Iran says it arrested 17 Iranians allegedly recruited by CIA
Iran on Monday announced the arrest of 17 Iranians accused of spying on the country’s nuclear and military sites for the CIA and said some of them have been sentenced to death. President Donald Trump called it “another lie” from Iran.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
UK: Europe-led mission will protect vital shipping in Gulf
Britain's European allies will play a major role keeping shipping lanes open. One-fifth of all global crude exports passes through the narrow strait between Iran and Oman.
Released audio reveals Iranian aggression in Strait
The audio shows that a British frigate was too far away from the targeted tanker to keep it from being diverted into an Iranian port despite U.K. efforts to keep it from being boarded.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Officials: US putting troops back in Saudi Arabia
With Iranian military threats in mind, the United States is sending American forces, including fighter aircraft, air defense missiles and likely more than 500 troops, to a Saudi air base that became a hub of American air power in the Middle East in the 1990s but was abandoned by Washington after it toppled Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in 2003.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Trump: I’m not worried about conflict with Iran, but they will ‘pay a price’ if they do something ‘foolish’
The comments come after the Trump administration claimed that the Navy’s amphibious assault ship Boxer took defensive action against a drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, after the drone got within 1,000 yards of the ship and ignored requests to back off.
By Diana Stancy
Marine jamming jeep sends unknown drone to the deep
A counter-UAS tool jammed a fixed-wing drone out of the sky over the Strait of Hormuz.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
American warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz
A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press