The hostilities come as both sides vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane that, up until the war, operated as a free-trade route.

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By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, July 15 (Reuters) - The number of vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz ticked up on Tuesday, with most of them linked to Iranian trade, before a U.S. blockade took effect on Wednesday,

US-Iran war news LIVE: Trump said Washington would intensify strikes on Iran next week unless Tehran agreed to negotiate. Iran on Wednesday attacked on US bases across the Gulf.

The Middle East conflict has entered another dangerous phase after Iran announced it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz and launched missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in Bahrain,

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say their latest attacks are retaliation for US actions, vow to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, claim to have struck a US logistics centre in Kuwait, and warn that other oil and gas export routes linked to the US and its allies could also be shut.

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Trump drops a 24-hour-old vow to charge cargo ships for using the Strait as the US continues its battle to break Iran's hold on the waterway.

President Donald Trump dropped the idea of charging a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, and said he would instead take trade and investment deals with the Gulf states.

A 1980 video clip shows Trump urging the U.S. to send troops into Iran during the hostage crisis, resurfacing as CENTCOM resumes a naval blockade.