U.S. Deploys About 50,000 Troops and 20 Warships to Protect Oil Transit Through Strait of Hormuz, Reports Say

What happened: The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States has deployed about 50,000 military personnel and 20 warships to the Middle East to secure the passage of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. The report estimated the monthly cost of the confrontation at $2–3 billion and said the Trump administration’s efforts to build an international coalition for operations in the Strait of Hormuz have not succeeded so far. (Source: Entekhab/Telegram)

Related military claim: The U.S. military says that over the past six months it has assisted the transit of more than 3,000 commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz to protect them from attacks attributed to Iran. (Source: Entekhab)

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