President Donald Trump on Saturday urged countries to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz, in an attempt to force Iran to reopen it as oil prices surge.
Tehran has effectively closed the key choke point for the world’s oil amid sustained aerial attacks by the United States and Israel, which have sparked escalating Iranian retaliation across the region. Overnight, an attack damaged the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The U.S. reiterated calls for Americans to leave Iraq immediately.
