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Iran war updates: Trump says no one will control Strait of Hormuz

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 51 words · By Lyndal Rowlands; Zaid Sabah; Stephen Quillen; Alex Milan Durie; Fiona Kelliher; Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
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Iran war updates: Trump says no one will control Strait of Hormuz These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

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Iran war updates: Trump says no one will control Strait of Hormuz These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

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Published On 27 May 2026 This live page is now closed.

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Claim 1: “These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Wednesday, May 27, 2026.”
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Wikipedia and Britannica entries confirm a '2026 Iran war' initiated by the US and Israel on February 28, 2026. Additionally, Wikipedia references a '2026 Lebanon war' and a ceasefire on April 16, 2026, confirming that military activities involving Iran and Lebanon were ongoing in May 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire is a temporary cessation of hostilities agreed between Israel and Lebanon on 16 April 2026, amid the ongoing 2026 Lebanon war and wider regional conflict linked to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israel–Lebanon_ceasefire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
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Claim 2: “Trump says no one will control Strait of Hormuz”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that Donald Trump said no one (specifically Iran and Oman) will control the Strait of Hormuz, and that it must remain open to all.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
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