A U.S. official said the movements took place over the past 24 hours, with additional commercial ship transits through the chokepoint occurring without coordination.
Roughly 20 commercial vessels moved through the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours in coordination with the U.S. military, a U.S. official said. Additional uncoordinated transits also took place through the waterway, a critical global oil shipping chokepoint that markets watch closely during periods of regional tension.