The US plan to escort ships through the Strait has been ceased after less than 48 hours.

US President Donald Trump has announced that the operation called Project Freedom to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be “paused for a short period of time.”

May 5 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced a pause to Project Freedom on Tuesday night, less than 48 hours after the U.S. military began the operation to escort commercial and tanker vessels through the Iran-restricted shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump said he was halting the US military operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after just one day, in a bid to reach a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war.

US President Trump says the US effort to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz is on pause amid a push for an Iran deal. The US says it will now only operate defensively to enforce a naval blockade. DW has more.

A US blockade on Iranian ports will remain in force, said President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would briefly pause an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress toward an agreement with Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would briefly pause an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress toward a comprehensive agreement with Iran. "We have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will ‌remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom ... will be…

Iran said on Wednesday (May 6) it would accept a peace deal only if it was "fair", after US President Donald Trump paused a three-day-old naval mission tasked with reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had shaken the war's month-old ceasefire.Trump's "Project Freedom", announced on Sunday, had failed to bring a

Trump also sought to minimise the war with Iran, calling it “a little skirmish.”

Mr Rubio described the plight of sailors trapped in the strait as isolated, starving and vulnerable. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the initiative to secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, ‘Project Freedom’ will be paused

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz just days before President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping’shighly anticipated summit in Beijing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s scheduled visit to […]

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