
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has given
News today of three new attacks on ships in transit in the
Strait of Hormuz. The British agency announced that it had
communication of an attack that took place yesterday against an oil tanker that
was hit by a bullet. Also yesterday two other ships,
a tanker and a methane tanker were hit by bullets.
In addition, the UKMTO has indirectly received notice of a further
attack that took place yesterday, with a bullet that would have hit a
ship on which a fire would have broken out that would have been
tamed, allowing the unit to continue sailing
without any consequences for the crew.
Meanwhile, the Iranian media have announced that the authorities
of Tehran have received the official US response to the
proposal to end the war in the Middle East. All
this while US President Donald Trump, who on Saturday
publicly rejected the Iranian government's proposal,
announced for the umpteenth time on his social network "Truth"
that the American armed forces won the battle of Hormuz and
that the Iranian regime does not control the Strait. Armed Forces
who today announced the completion of the withdrawal
of forces and means from the Erbil air base, in Iraq, and the end of
of Operation Inherent Resolve implemented by a coalition
multinational corporation under the aegis of the UN to counter terrorists
of Daesh (Isis) in Iraq and Syria. Announcing the withdrawal, the U.S.
Central Command (Centcom) specified that the Combined Joint Task
Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) remains operational and now
is based in Jordan, while U.S. forces continue their
mission to counter ISIS in Syria alongside the partners of the
coalition and the Syrian government.