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US military began implementing on Monday a Trump plan – dubbed Project Freedom – to guide ships
Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace A refusal by Saudi Arabia to allow the US to use its bases and airspace to provide a military escort for oil tankers passing through
military operation against Iran had concluded](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/trump-project-freedom-strait-of-hormuz-ships-iran-ceasefire). Soon after, Donald Trump said he was pausing “Project Freedom”, the US plan
Project Freedom](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/project-freedom-marks-a-classic-trump-flip-from-warmonger-to-humanitarian), a presidential initiative, which would see the stranded 850 vessels pass through the southern section of the strait of Hormuz under the protection of the US military. Trump presented
Project Freedom, the plan to escort oil tankers through the strait, after little more than two days last week ostensibly to give Iran time to respond to his peace proposals. The plan for the military
plan 50 hours after he announced it - what happened? US President Donald Trump has said the military operation to guide stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused just two days after
Project Freedom”, would work. Trump did not specify whether the plan would involve escorts by the US Navy, a proposal previously shot down by administration officials, citing a lack of adequate preparations. Senior Iranian officials
Project Freedom](/news/2026/5/4/trumps-project-freedom-can-us-navy-guide-stuck-ships-out-of-hormuz), Iran said ships trying to use the strait without permission from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would be fired on, igniting fears of a return to war. Trump did not provide
Project Freedom to see whether "the Agreement can be finalized and signed", Trump abruptly changed tone. He said on Wednesday morning that an Iran deal was a "big assumption" and if it was not agreed
Project Freedom”, would be a humanitarian gesture “on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran”. But within hours Iran’s Fars news agency reported a US warship
military operation](/news/2026/5/5/trump-announces-pause-on-us-operation-to-unblock-strait-of-hormuz) to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after just one day, in a bid to reach a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war. Trump’s so-called “Project
freedoms today”. But, earlier this year, a group of military veterans and a historic preservationists [sued to stop](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/19/trump-arch-250-lawsuit/) construction of the arch, [arguing that the structure](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/19/trump-arch-250-lawsuit/) had not recieved
plan to guide vessels from strait of Hormuz The US has launched an operation to “guide” ships trapped in the Gulf by the [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) war through a southern route of the strait
Project Freedom. Two US-flagged ships took the opportunity to travel the strait and escape the Gulf, but the rest of the commercial shipping trapped by the war, estimated by the International Maritime Organization
Project Freedom”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/shipping-bosses-nervous-trump-plan-to-guide-vessels-strait-of-hormuz-iran) to open a route through the strait of Hormuz. More than 800 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members remain stranded in the region. Just hours after the operation began
military rule have to “negotiate” for their freedom and that the owners of the land have to “negotiate” for Israel to return their land to them. At the time, we Palestinians were told by many
us to know that 'we can control where you go, we can control where your garbage goes, we control every aspect of your life. You have no freedom.'" In a statement, the Israeli military told
US company’s politics. Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs led the calls for Palantir, which also works for Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and the Israeli military, to be removed as a supplier
plan again as Rubio says US offensive is ‘over’ From **Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.** Donald Trump has said the effort to [guide vessels
Project Freedom”. Bessent said the US is saying that the Iranians “do not have control” of Hormuz. “We have absolute control of the strait,” he added. Still, the secretary of the US Treasury suggested that