The Strait of Hormuz has been a flashpoint since the US-Iran war started more than two months ago after the US struck several key Iranian sites and Iran retaliated

A cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported an attack by multiple small craft. That's according to a British military monitor.

What could the United States' blockade in the Strait of Hormuz look like and what impact might it have? Here's what to know.

By Idrees Ali, Erin Banco and Hatem Maher WASHINGTON/CAIRO, May 10 (Reuters) - Relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz early on Sunday after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran is still looking over a proposal from the U.S. regarding an end to the war, adding that Tehran will not respond to “deadlines or ultimatums" and that those "mean nothing.

Iran said Sunday it received a U.S. response to its latest offer for peace talks, a day after President Donald Trump said he would probably reject the Iranian proposal because

The U.S. conducted strikes against at least two locations in Iran on Thursday, a U.S. official said. The strikes in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island were defensive, the official said, and do not constitute a resumption of major combat operations against Iran.

US naval forces and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump confirmed three American destroyers passed through the waterway under attack. Iran's IRGC claimed to have targeted US vessels after the US Navy fired on an Iranian oil tanker.