Two Navy guided-missile destroyers entered the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the first American warships to transit the strait since the U.S.-Israel offensive in Iran began on Feb. 28. USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG-121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) are now in the Persian Gulf after transiting the strait as part of the U.

US president claims Iran ‘called this morning’ and says blockade of ships transiting the strait has begun

DONALD Trump says Iran called this morning to “work a deal” as his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz takes hold. The US president told reporters: “We’ve been called by the

U.S. president Donald Trump’s blocking of the Strait of Hormuz in response to the collapse of the U.S./Iran ceasefire talks caused analytical handwringing in many circles, but i

The destroyers were beginning mine-clearing operations in the vital waterway, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.

US Navy destroyers began clearing a “new passage” through the Strait of Hormuz Saturday –marking the first time American ships crossed the channel since the start of the war. The USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy set off on the mission to establish an open route so that minesweepers could later clear sea mines laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,

President Donald Trump said the U.S. military would remain around Iran until a real agreement is reached and fully complied with.