There are dozens of sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz that will require months to remove once operations begin, the Italian defense ministry said.

Three of the helicopter’s four crew members have been recovered and are in stable condition aboard George H.W. Bush.

President Donald Trump’s two top envoys had traveled to Qatar after the U.S. and Iran agreed to halt renewed attacks over Hormuz late last week.

The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer and the amphibious transport dock vessel ship Portland, with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were transiting the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.

The longest-serving head of U.S. Army Central is now the deputy chief of U.S. Central Command, stepping into the role as fighting between the U.S. and Iran threatens to undermine ongoing negotiations to formally end the war.

Washington and Tehran will continue technical talks on the 14-point memorandum agreed to June 17 for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran said it conducted fresh strikes against U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early Sunday.

U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on Thursday with a one-way attack drone, U.S. Central Command said.

It will be the first Presidential Unit Citation awarded to an Military Sealift Command ship.

Military officials and analysts say reopening one of the world’s most important waterways will require a lengthy operation likely involving American, European and regional forces.