{"id":21040,"date":"2026-05-05T16:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21040\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:18:21","slug":"how-the-us-is-protecting-ships-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/21040\/","title":{"rendered":"How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIl-G6_m7YY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAmerica has continued its efforts to clear a path through the Strait of Hormuz &#8211; allowing two US cargo ships to successfully cross.<\/p>\n<p>As Pete Hegseth says the ceasefire between the US and Iran is holding, Sky News\u2019 military analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at President Trump&#8217;s strategy during this ceasefire period.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the UAE, which says it was caused by an Iranian drone attack.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/iran-war-latest-trump-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-lebanon-13509565<\/p>\n<p>#iran #war #straitofhormuz #trump #skynews<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing America has continued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2352,24340,38,26,8604,40,296,27,196,48,44,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-21040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sky-news","8":"tag-blockade","9":"tag-dome","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-iran-war","12":"tag-michael-clarke","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-sky-news","15":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","16":"tag-tehran","17":"tag-trump","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}