{"id":12164,"date":"2026-05-06T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/12164\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:36:14","slug":"macron-says-france-and-its-partners-can-make-the-hormuz-strait-secure-as-france-sends-aircraft-carrier-to-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/12164\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron Says France and Its Partners Can Make the Hormuz Strait Secure as France Sends Aircraft Carrier to Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" title=\"A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  in this picture obtained from social media released in March. Credit:   SOCIAL MEDIA\/Reuters\" alt=\"A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  in this picture obtained from social media released in March.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1743\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/712779.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3 x1huxd7x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" title=\"A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  in this picture obtained from social media released in March. Credit:   SOCIAL MEDIA\/Reuters\" alt=\"A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  in this picture obtained from social media released in March.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1743\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/712779.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Close<\/p>\n<p>A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  in this picture obtained from social media released in March. Credit:   SOCIAL MEDIA\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p>A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia  in this picture obtained from social media released in March. Credit:   SOCIAL MEDIA\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Iranian strikes have destroyed or damaged at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at at least 15 U.S. bases across the Middle East, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing satellite imagery.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">A U.S. official reportedly said Iran caused &#8220;extensive&#8221; damage to a key U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, forcing Washington to relocate the headquarters to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters in Tampa, Florida. On Friday, CNN reported that Iran hit at least 16 U.S. bases, damaging high-value targets.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">The strikes reportedly hit U.S. aircraft, hangars, barracks, radar and air defense systems, communication equipment and fuel depots. According to The Post, the Iranian air threat to several of Washington&#8217;s bases in the Middle East caused commanders to move most personnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Close A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9191,857,195,5,4830,1388,426,4484,9190],"class_list":{"0":"post-12164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-2026-israel-iran-war","9":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-gaza","13":"tag-hamas","14":"tag-hezbollah","15":"tag-idf","16":"tag-israel-u-s"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}