Blockade turns back six ships leaving Strait of Hormuz
TL;DR
U.S. warships stationed in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea confronted six merchant vessels departing an Iranian port and forced them to turn back as part of a blockade to counter Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz; none escalated.
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