US seeking maritime coalition to counter Iranian threats to tankers in waters off Iran, top US general says.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have been heightened since Trump took office, with the president unilaterally pulling out of the nuclear deal last year, reimposing sanctions andto counter what officials say are threats posed by Iran and its proxies.
The marine coalition plan has only been finalized in recent days and would involve the U.S. providing command ships and surveillance so that allied vessels can patrol the area and protect tankers flagged to their respective nations, Dunford said. The Strait of Hormuz leads into the Gulf of Oman and the Bab al-Mandab separates Yemen from the Horn of Africa. While U.S. officials have floated some sort of security operation to guard the former, the latter's inclusion in the plan appears to be a new element.
"I think probably over the next couple of weeks we'll identify which nations have the political will to support that initiative and then we'll work directly with the militaries to identify the specific capabilities that'll support that," Dunford said.
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