What does the operation entail and could it lead to a resumption of hostilities?

Trump made the pledge yesterday, despite Iranian warnings that US forces entering the Strait will be attacked.

The UAE Defence Ministry said Iran had launched four cruise missiles, with three shot down and one falling into the sea.

President Donald Trump said the US shot down seven small Iranian boats, while Iran's authorities released a map of what they said was an expanded sea area now under their control.

The US military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted Iranian ​cruise missiles and drones fired by Tehran as the U.S. ‌launched an operation to free up...

The US military said it has launched an operation involving 15,000 troops, destroyers, over 100 land- and sea-based aircraft and undersea assets. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The US military said it has launched an operation involving 15,000 troops, destroyers, over 100 land- and sea-based aircraft and undersea assets. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

May 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy admiral said Monday that U.S. forces have sunk six small Iranian boats for trying "to interfere" with efforts to protect commerical ships attempting to pass the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz oMonday.

Iran claimed its missiles hit a US warship trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim rejected by Washington as a new American effort got underway to get commercial shipping traffic flowing through the critical waterway.

Tehran: The Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, has warned the United States against intervening in maritime