Thousands of US sailors, Marines reach Red Sea after Iran tensions [View all]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Thousands of US sailors, Marines reach Red Sea after Iran tensions

Hashem Osseiran
Mon, August 7, 2023 at 7:16 AM EDT·3 min read

More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday.

The deployment adds to a growing US military buildup in tense Gulf waterways vital to the global oil trade and led Tehran on Monday to accuse the US of inflaming regional instability.

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 US sailors and Marines entered the Red Sea on Sunday after transiting through the Suez Canal in a pre-announced deployment, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement.

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