{"id":340848,"date":"2026-05-05T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-us-is-protecting-ships-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-briefing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:00:35","slug":"how-the-us-is-protecting-ships-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-us-is-protecting-ships-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GIl-G6_m7YY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIl-G6_m7YY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>America has continued its efforts to clear a path through the Strait of Hormuz &#8211; allowing two US cargo ships to successfully cross.<\/p>\n<p>As Pete Hegseth says the ceasefire between the US and Iran is holding, Sky News\u2019 military analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at President Trump&#8217;s strategy during this ceasefire period.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the UAE, which says it was caused by an Iranian drone attack.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/iran-war-latest-trump-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-lebanon-13509565<\/p>\n<p>#iran #war #straitofhormuz #trump #skynews<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America has continued its efforts to clear a path through the Strait of Hormuz &#8211; allowing two US cargo ships to successfully cross. As Pete Hegseth says the ceasefire between the US and Iran is holding, Sky News\u2019 military analyst Professor Michael Clarke looks at President Trump&#8217;s strategy during this ceasefire period. Meanwhile, a fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":340849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[129264,130914,134931],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-340848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-america","tag-continued","tag-efforts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How the US is protecting ships through the Strait of Hormuz | Iran War Briefing for free, here on News ISC. 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