15,000 personnel and 100 aircraft to support Project Freedom

We've also heard an update from US Central Command (Centcom) on how it will support the so-called "Project Freedom".

"US Central Command forces will begin supporting Project Freedom, May 4, to restore freedom of navigation for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz," it says in a statement issued on Sunday.

This support includes 15,000 personnel, guided-missile destroyers and more than 100 aircraft.

Centcom says "a quarter of the world’s oil trade at sea and significant volumes of fuel and fertilizer products are transported through the strait".

"Our support for this defensive mission is essential to regional security and the global economy as we also maintain the naval blockade," adds Adm Brad Cooper, Centcom commander.

-BBC