London | US President Donald Trump has stepped up calls to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, saying warships would “hopefully” be sent to the area near Iran’s coast to help commercial vessels sail through safely.
His comments on Truth Social – which didn’t provide a timeline – came hours after he ordered a strike on military sites on Kharg Island, from which Iran exports almost all its oil, upping the ante in a Middle East war that’s raged for more than two weeks and shows little sign of easing.
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