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Guerre au Moyen-Orient: la colère aux obsèques de Amal Khalil, journaliste libanaise tuée par une frappe israélienne

Guerre au Moyen-Orient: l'Iran continue d'assurer sa propagande pour affirmer leur pouvoir au Liban

For the first time in decades, three aircraft carriers are operating in the Middle East at the same time. Accompanied by their carrier air wings, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) include over 200 aircraft and 15,000 Sailors and Marines.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in the Indian Ocean in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 23.

Grande tristesse à l’annonce de la mort du caporal-chef Anicet GIRARDIN. Casque bleu de la FINUL, il avait été gravement blessé le 18 avril au Liban lors de la prise à partie ayant entrainé la mort de l’adjudant MONTORIO. Après la stabilisation de son état par le personnel de santé, il avait été rapatrié vers la France le 21 avril. Malgré les soins apportés par le service médical, il a succombé à ses blessures. Son engagement et son sens du devoir forcent le respect. En ces moments douloureux, j'exprime mon soutien à sa famille, à ses proches et à ses frères d’armes du 132e régiment d'infanterie cynotechnique. J’ai également une pensée pour ses deux camarades blessés.

Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.

As we have made clear, we will pursue global maritime enforcement efforts to disrupt illicit networks and interdict sanctioned vessels providing material support to Iran—anywhere they operate.

International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels. The Department of War will continue to deny illicit actors and their vessels freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain.

U.S. forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, April 19. Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at 17 knots enroute to Bandar Abbas, Iran. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade. After Touska’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period, Spruance directed the vessel to evacuate its engine room. Spruance disabled Touska’s propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska’s engine room. U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit later boarded the non-compliant vessel, which remains in U.S. custody. American forces acted in a deliberate, professional, and proportional manner to ensure compliance. Since the blockade’s commencement, U.S. forces have directed 25 commercial vessels to turn around or return to an Iranian port.