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The British Royal Navy is sending a third Daring class air-defense destroyer to the Persian Gulf to act as an escort to oil tankers and spook those Iranian speedboat drivers.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/25\/british-navy-says-3rd-warship-sailing-to-persian-gulf\/<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Iran insists that its oil tanker recently bound for Syria is only going to Turkey.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/24\/wanted-by-us-iranian-oil-tanker-says-its-going-to-turkey\/<\/a><\/p>\n And while it was sitting in the harbor at Gibraltar after being seized by the Brits several weeks ago, the tanker underwent a name change and also altered its proposed destination from Syria to Turkey.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/18\/iranian-tanker-sought-by-us-sails-to-unknown-destination\/<\/a><\/p>\n The vessel had been detained for a month in the British overseas territory for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"