strait

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The International Transport Workers’ Federation, a labor union based in London that represents a million seafarers, has received about 1,000 inquiries since the start of the conflict from crew near the strait, asking for support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

About 100 vessels have been able to pass through the strait, according to data analysed by BBC Verify in late March.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Speaking of that strait, Iran has decided that it would like to keep it.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Uralogl said there were 15 ships belonging to Turkish shipowners waiting to pass through the strait when the war started.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

It was located on a narrow strait leading into a bay that was large enough to hold Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby