US Ends Operation Epic Fury, Suspends Naval Effort Amid Ongoing Tensions in Strait of Hormuz

Washington, Dec 6: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Operation Epic Fury is now effectively over. However, the fragile ceasefire remains in place as attacks continue in the Strait of Hormuz. Hours after the announcement, President Donald Trump said that the US will suspend Project Freedom. This is a naval effort aimed at navigating commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz to see if a deal can be reached with Iran. Meanwhile, Operation Epic Fury is a nearly two-month-long military operation that began the US-Israel conflict with Iran. At the White House, Rubio said, this operation is now complete. We have completed that phase of the operation. Instead of this operation, the US has now taken a defensive stance. The main objective of this new approach is to restore trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz. This route, though significantly more heavily logged, has become a major US-Israeli conflict.