The US will send an extra one thousand military to the middle East, reported in circulation, acting Head of the Pentagon Patrick Shanahan, the press service of the Ministry.
While Shanahan stresses that these actions are not aimed at confrontation with Iran, and meet the security interests of the United States and its allies.
Iranian and Arab media first said that in the Gulf of Oman attacked the oil tanker two - Front Kokuka Altair and Courageous. For small data, there were torpedo attack, which resulted in the courts there were explosions and fire. However, official confirmation about the fact that the cause of the incident was exactly that, no. All members of the crew received damage as ships were evacuated to the Playground of Iran. According to the owner of one of the tankers, the cabin Front Altair was eleven citizens of Russia, none of them was hurt.
The US has accused Iran of the incident, without giving, However, specific evidence. Tehran has called the charges baseless. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, for its part, called for the trial of the conflict and to wait for the outcome, calling not to make hasty conclusions.
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