US bolsters military presence in Red Sea with 3,000 troops and warships amid heightened tensions and tanker seizures by Iran
As thousands of Marines backed by the US' top fighter jet, warships and other aircraft slowly building up in the Persian Gulf, the US military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. / Photo: AP Archive
The US military says Iran has either seized or attempted to take control of nearly 20 internationally flagged ships in the region over the past two years. The deployment adds to efforts"to deter destabilising activity and de-escalate regional tensions caused by Iran's harassment and seizures of merchant vessels," Fifth Fleet spokesman Commander Tim Hawkins told AFP.
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