DUBAI — The U.S. Navy has announced that it assisted an Iranian fishing vessel in distress in the Gulf, the fourth such incident this year in an area marked by tension between Washington and Tehran.
The Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement late Tuesday that forces from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group responded to a “distressed Iranian fishing dhow” that had nine crew members on board.
The U.S. Navy team was allowed to board the vessel and repair
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