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Amid Islamabad talks, US Navy warships transit Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black conducts a routine maritime exercise with the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 5-class corvette INS Eilat in the Red Sea following a previously scheduled port call, on February 1, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
A pair of US Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz while US-Iran negotiations commenced in Pakistan, The Wall Street Journal reports, marking the first American warships to do so since the US-Israel war against Iran began.
The Axios news site earlier reported that several US Navy ships crossed through the Strait of Hormuz, without specifying what type of vessels, while adding that the move was not coordinated with Tehran.
“This was an operation that focused on freedom of navigation through International waters,” a US official told Axios.
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