Netherlands asked to send frigate to protect British vessels in Hormuz

The Dutch government will decide next month whether to send a frigate to the Straits of Hormuz to protect British vessels from being targeted by Iran. The defence ministry confirmed to RTL Nieuws that it had received a request from London to join a European fleet in the strait, which links the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and is a key shipping lane. Tensions in the region increased last week when Iranian forces seized an oil tanker, the...