Cypriot-flagged ship ‘attacked’ in Strait of Hormuz

A Cypriot-flagged ship was “blatantly attacked” by Iranian forces while attempting to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, the United States’ defence department’s central command said on Sunday.

It explained that US central command forces had “began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran” in the early hours of Sunday morning “after Islamic revolutionary guards forces blatantly attacked M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz”....