Iran has warned people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates, including the busiest in the Middle East, as its war with the U.S. and Israel enters its third week

President Trump has urged China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to help reopen the waterway, even though they were not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called on ⁠nations ⁠to send warships to keep the Strait ⁠of Hormuz open for shipping as Iranian forces continue their retaliation campaign amid ​U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

The US president says he hopes China, France, Japan and South Korea will also send ships to defend the key oil shipping route.

As the war ‌entered its third week, Iran projected defiance after U.S. forces hit military sites at Kharg Island, the Gulf outpost that handles 90% of Iranian oil exports. A dro

U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped allies would send warships to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz, while Iran urged people to evacuate three ports in the United Arab Emirates as its war with the United States and Israel showed no signs of ending.

President Trump said a US bombing raid 'totally obliterated' military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, a key oil facility, while leaving its energy infrastructure untouched. Iran, in turn, threatened to target US-linked regional oil facilities.

U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump on ​Friday Said on ‌Friday that the ‌United ⁠States ⁠carried out strikes against "every military target" ​on Iran's Kharg Island export ​hub. "For reasons of decency, ⁠I have ⁠chosen NOT ⁠to wipe ​out the Oil Infrastructure ​on ⁠the Island,