The four-day multinational maritime security training engagement was inaugurated on July 20, 2026
All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows.
The MEA went on to describe as “deeply worrisome”, the “continuing incidents of attacks on commercial shipping in the region”
Iran on Sunday said it closed the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel travelled on an unapproved route and was struck, warning that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response”. “A vessel that had jeopardised maritime security by switching off its systems was struck and brought to a halt,” the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement, without giving any details about the ship. The US military said shortly after that it had launched a new...
Clashing interpretations of vague memorandum of understanding language on Hormuz at heart of escalation, analysts say.