Strait of Hormuz 0
27 October 2018

U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis posited that "we stand against Iran's unsafe, even reckless behaviour in the maritime domain, like the July attacks on international shipping by Iranian-supplied Huthis in the Bab al-Mandab. These behaviours flout freedom of navigation and disrupt maritime security and global trade". 

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