US and UK sailors help merchant ship ‘harassed’ by Iranian attack vessels

News Snapshot:

Three Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast-attack vessels near a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz (US Navy via AP) US and UK sailors came to the aid of a ship in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” the vessel, the US Navy said. Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops on board approached the merchant ship on Sunday afternoon, a spokesperson said. The US Navy offered black-and-white images which came from a US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon overhead, which showed three small ships close to the commercial vessel. The US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul and the...