U.S. military officials in the past two weeks have sunk six large fishing vessels accused of providing fuel to fast boats carrying drugs from South America.
The engagement follows similar violence last week, as Iranian and U.S. forces have continued to trade fire amid stunted diplomatic efforts to end the war.
The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 227.
The U.S. Navy has finished sweeping every mine from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, and President Trump is warning Iran that any attempt to re-mine the waterway will be met with immediate destruction. Trump announced the completion of the months-long operation on Truth Social, confirming that Navy underwater drones had identified more […] The post U.S. Navy clears all mines from Strait of Hormuz as Trump declares 'Zero Tolerance' on Iran appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. Navy has finished sweeping every mine from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, and President Trump is warning Iran that any attempt to re-mine the waterway will be met with immediate destruction. Trump announced the completion of the months-long operation on Truth Social, confirming that Navy underwater drones had identified more than 100 suspected mines in the strait's Traffic Separation Scheme, the principal shipping corridor running between Iran and Oman. Private contractors then removed or detonated each one. A U.S. official told Breitbart News the breakthrough amounted to a "watershed moment." The strait carries roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas when fully open. Iran's decision to…Open
The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world.
AI:Russian military strikes targeting major Ukrainian ports near Odesa have escalated the ongoing maritime blockade, directly threatening global grain supplies and destabilizing international food security. This escalation in the maritime theater mirrors broader geopolitical conflicts over critical shipping routes and represents a strategic move to leverage control over essential commodities during the protracted war.Open
Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 12, 2026 WASHINGTON — The United States has escalated enforcement of its blockade against Iranian ports after American forces fired on a Panama-flagged cargo vessel accused [...]
The latest attack — which now numbers more than 60 — brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to more than 210.
The U.S. military has conduced another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America
The U.S. strikes that began in early September have killed at least 208 people in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.