F-16 step to increase the tension of the EE.UU.

It has been reported that the US will deploy F-16 fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz against Iran’s intervention of commercial ships in the Persian Gulf.

A senior US Department of Defense (Pentagon) official, who did not want to be named, told reporters that the F-16 fighter jets to be deployed in the region will strengthen the activities of warplanes. attack A-10, who have been patrolling around the Strait of Hormuz for a while.

Stating that the F-16s will provide aerial protection to ships sailing through the Persian Gulf, the official noted that with this step, they intend to deter Iran from interfering with ships in the region and increase the visibility of the US military in the region. .

‘OPTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA’

The defense official also told reporters that the United States is considering a number of military options against Russia’s escalation of activities in Syria. The official, who did not detail the options, said US military aircraft would continue to fly over western Syria as part of its operations against the ISIS terror organization.

Noting that Russian military activities in Syria have increased especially since March, the US official argued that these activities are the result of increased cooperation and coordination between the governments of Moscow, Tehran and Damascus, which are trying to push the US out of Syria.

Rising tension in the Persian Gulf

Due to the unilateral sanctions it imposes, the United States tries to seize the oil from these ships by occasionally detaining Iranian tankers carrying crude. Iran, in turn, intervenes in oil tankers around the Persian Gulf on the grounds that they do not “comply with maritime rules.”

Finally, on June 5, US forces announced that the Iranian navy opened fire on two oil tankers, one of them the “Richmond Voyager”, near the Gulf of Oman, to seize it, and the attempt was blocked. Iran, for its part, announced that the judiciary ordered the seizure of the Bahamas-flagged oil tanker “Richmond Voyager”, operated by the US energy company Chevron, after colliding with an Iranian ship carrying 7 people in the Persian Gulf. (AA)