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      <date>2026-05-7</date>
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      <text>A U.S. official tells Axios that the United States and Iran have reportedly exchange fire at the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran claiming to strike three U.S. Navy ships and the U.S. claiming to strike targets on the waterway. </text>
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    <text>A U.S. official tells &quot;Axios&quot; that Iran and the U.S. have reportedly exchanged fire at the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran claiming to strike three U.S. Navy ships and the U.S. claiming to strike targets on the waterway. </text>
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      <date>2026-05-5</date>
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      <text>U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio and U.S. military leaders including U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth say that the ceasefire is holding despite recent attacks on the United Arab Emirates and Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <date>2026-05-5</date>
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    <text>U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio and U.S. military leaders, including U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth, say that the ceasefire is holding despite recent attacks on the United Arab Emirates and Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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      <date>2026-04-30</date>
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      <text>Lithuania President Gitanas Nausėda says that his country may consider joining a U.S. campaign to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, he also states that it will need approval by the government and parliament. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-30</date>
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    <text>Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda says that his country may consider joining a U.S. campaign to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, he also states that it will need approval by the government and parliament. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-27</date>
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    <text>The Associated Press and &quot;Axios&quot; report that Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the United States lifts its blockade and if the war ends. </text>
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      <date>2026-04-20</date>
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      <text>The cruise ship Aroya arrives in the Gulf of Oman, becoming the final of six cruise ships in the Middle East to cross the Strait of Hormuz since the war started on February 28. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-20</date>
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    <text>The cruise ship &quot;Aroya&quot; arrives in the Gulf of Oman, becoming the latest of six cruise ships in the Middle East to cross the Strait of Hormuz since the war started on February 28. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-18</date>
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    <text>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed again until the blockade ends. </text>
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      <text>In a notice to seafarers, the U.S. Central Command announces that a blockade is now in effect, with all unauthorized vessels in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz subject to interdiction. </text>
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    <text>In a notice to seafarers, the U.S. Central Command announces that a blockade of Iranian ports is now in effect, with all unauthorized vessels in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz subject to interdiction. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-2</date>
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    <text>The United Kingdom hosts a summit with 40 countries to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-13</date>
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      <text>United States president Donald Trump says that his forces conducted airstrikes on military targets on Kharg Island, Iran, and warns that the U.S. may also target the island's oil infrastructure if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is disrupted. </text>
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    <text>United States president Donald Trump says that U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on military targets on Kharg Island, Iran, and warns that the U.S. may also target the island's oil infrastructure if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is disrupted. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-5</date>
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      <text>It is reported that China is in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <text>China is reportedly in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <day>9</day>
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  <text>A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter goes down near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members were rescued. </text>
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