The UK is set to join the US in its efforts to safeguard commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
The British government announced Monday afternoon that the Royal Navy will assist the US Navy in the highly-sensitive waterway in an "international maritime security mission" following recent strife in the region.
"The UK is determined to ensure her shipping is protected from unlawful threats and for that reason we have today joined the new maritime security mission in the [Middle East] Gulf," said British defense secretary Ben Wallace.
