The US military has secretly created a shipping corridor in The Strait of Hormuz for the daily transportation of millions of barrels of oil through it, Axios reports, citing informed sources.
"We have been controlling the southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz for two months now. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may cause inconvenience, but it does not control the strait. We are doing this," one of the American officials told the publication.
According to the interlocutors of the portal, as part of the operation, 15-20 tankers enter and exit the strait every night through the southern channel along the coast of Oman.
According to officials, about 10 million barrels of oil are exported from the strait every day. This is about half of the pre-war volume, Axios clarifies.
The sources added that on some nights over the past few weeks from From 15 to 20 million barrels of oil were exported from the Persian Gulf.
It is noted that the task force controlling the Strait of Hormuz is based at the headquarters of the ground forces at Fort Bragg (North Carolina). It coordinates its actions with regional partners in The Persian Gulf.
According to officials, the operation was made possible by the recent two-week military campaign of the US Central Command, during which Iranian radar and maritime surveillance systems were disabled.
The sources clarified that the Iranian authorities can now monitor only with the help of several radars, which they managed to restore, as well as with the help of observers on small fast boats of the IRGC.
The interlocutors of the portal said that although the volume of oil exported from the strait is still below the pre-war level, this has a noticeable impact on global supplies.